Introducing the new Azure Front Door: Reimagined for modern apps and content

By Dustin Ward

This blog has been co-authored by Jessie Jia, Senior Program Manager, Azure Networking and Gunjan Jain, Principal Program Manager, Azure Networking. In 2019, we launched Azure Front Door to bring enterprise-grade content delivery network (CDN) capabilities to our customers. This was a result of our own cloud journey over the past 13 years, which led…

Azure confidential computing with NVIDIA GPUs for trustworthy AI

By Dustin Ward

Many industries such as healthcare, finance, transport, and retail are going through a major AI-led disruption. The exponential growth of datasets has resulted in growing scrutiny of how data is exposed—both from a consumer data privacy and compliance perspective. For example, the use of AI in healthcare has grown rapidly, with hospitals and pharmaceutical companies…

Secure your APIs with Private Link support for Azure API Management

By Dustin Ward

Azure API Management is a fully managed service that enables customers to publish, secure, transform, maintain, and monitor APIs. With a few clicks in the Azure portal, you can create an API facade that acts as a “front door” through which external and internal applications can access data or business logic implemented by your custom-built…

Meet PCI compliance with credit card tokenization

By Dustin Ward

In building and running a business, the safety and security of your and your customers’ sensitive information and data is a top priority, especially when storing financial information and processing payments are concerned. The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)1 defines a set of regulations put forth by the largest credit card companies…

Microsoft DDoS protection response guide

By Dustin Ward

Receiving Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack threats? DDoS threats have seen a significant rise in frequency lately, and Microsoft stopped numerous large-scale DDoS attacks last year. This guide provides an overview of what Microsoft provides at the platform level, information on recent mitigations, and best practices. Microsoft DDoS platform Microsoft provides robust protection against…

Stay on top of database threats with Microsoft Defender for Azure Cosmos DB

By Dustin Ward

Databases are constantly evolving to handle new use cases, incorporate more intelligence, and store more data, giving developers and organizations a wide range of database types to meet their varying needs. Because aspects including architecture, capabilities, configuration options, and authentication methods are unique to each database type, so are the security threats—requiring custom security measures…