In this episode of the Azure Podcast, Cale, Evan, and Sujit engage in a comprehensive discussion about the Secure Future Initiative at Microsoft. They explore how this initiative influences our use of Azure and why it's beneficial for customers to consider implementing similar strategies in their own Azure environments.

Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode503.mp3

YouTube: https://youtu.be/TyvkKhdRR5k

Resources:

https://www.microsoft.com/en/microsoft-cloud/resources/secure-future-initiative#tabx6a6ce2c0327741938ac10b008d5cff64

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/security/design-patterns

SFI Updates

Other resources:

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/v2/Volume-enhancements

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/v2/Dedicated-log-analytics-tables-in-Application-Gateway

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/v2/ANF-Double-Encryption-at-rest

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/v2/FIPS-mutability-support-in-AKS

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/v2/CNI-Powered-by-Cilium-Azure-CNI-Overlay-support-AKS

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/v2/New-features-in-AKS-extension-for-Visual-Studio-Code

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/v2/Enable-multifactor-authentication-for-your-tenant-by-15-October-2024 (also below)

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/v2/generally-available-azure-chaos-studio-supports-a-new-network-isolation-fault-for-virtual-machines

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/v2/High-Scale-mode-Container-Insights