Announcing the public preview of Microsoft Azure Payment HSM service

By Dustin Ward

This blog post has been co-authored by May Chen, Product Manager, Azure Security. The growing trend for running payment workloads in the cloud Momentum is building as financial institutions move some or all their payment applications to the cloud. This entails a migration from the legacy on-premises applications and hardware security modules (HSM) to a cloud-based…

Improve your security defenses for ransomware attacks with Azure Firewall

By Dustin Ward

To ensure customers running on Azure are protected against ransomware attacks, Microsoft has invested heavily in Azure security and has provided customers with the security controls needed to protect their Azure cloud workloads. A comprehensive overview of best practices and recommendations can be found in the “Azure Defenses for Ransomware Attack” e-book. Here, we would like…

Azure Cost Management and Billing updates – January 2022

By Dustin Ward

Whether you’re a new student, a thriving startup, or the largest enterprise, you have financial constraints, and you need to know what you’re spending, where you’re spending it, and how to plan for the future. Nobody wants a surprise when it comes to the bill, and this is where Azure Cost Management and Billing comes…