Month: September 2013

In July I  decided to create a series of 3 posts about this topic. Those 3 posts are be: Introduction to Windows Azure Security Introduction to Windows Azure Compliance Lessons Learned Building Secure and Compliant solutions in Windows Azure In this post I’ll be focusing on the last part, which are the lessons learned. Quick Concepts When we think about compliance and security there are two concepts we need to consider and master. Those concepts are Data in Transit and Data at Rest. But what is this all about? Data at Rest This refers to inactive data which is stored … Continue reading Lessons Learned Building Secure and Compliant solutions in Windows Azure

In July I  decided to create a series of 3 posts about this topic. Those 3 posts are be: Introduction to Windows Azure Security Introduction to Windows Azure Compliance Lessons Learned Building Secure and Compliant solutions in Windows Azure In this post I’ll be focusing on the Windows Azure compliance part. Introduction to Windows Azure Compliance Compliance is extremely important when moving/building solutions to the cloud for two main reasons. First because it will provide us with with an understanding of the type of infrastructure that is underneath the cloud offering. Secondly because there are several different solutions and companies … Continue reading Introduction to Windows Azure Compliance