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Automatically enable Microsoft Defender plans using Azure Policy
I regularly come across Azure environments where the Microsoft Defender plans are not enabled, which is desired. In many cases, the cause can be found in manually managing the environment settings (former ‘Pricing Settings’), where all plans must be enabled … Read More
Unforeseen Azure Defender for IoT costs, pricing explained
Recently I was confronted with the fact that a subscription with a spending limit was suddenly turned off by exceeding the budget. Because I did not know what caused this, I immediately delved into the cost analysis. Where I found … Read More
Exempt Azure Security Center recommendations from your secure score on subscription and management group level
Some time ago I wrote about the possibility to exclude a specific resource from an Azure Security Center (ASC) security recommendation (Create an exemption rule to exclude a resource from a security recommendation). With which you can ensure that this … Read More
Get insight into your Azure RBAC role assignments
Recently several attacks have been in the news. As a result of this, I received various questions from people with regards to role assignments in their Azure environment: Who exactly has which rights within my Azure environment?At which level are … Read More
How Azure Managed Identity works explained. A special type of Enterprise Application.
“A special type of Enterprise Application” you may ask. Aren’t we talking about Azure Managed Identities here? You are absolutely right! And yet, we cannot avoid talking about Enterprise Applications. I will explain below how this works. If you are … Read More
Default AzureAD Enterprise Applications explained, where do they come from?
Last week I posted an article (The difference between AzureAD App Registrations and Enterprise Applications explained) to which I received many responses. For many people, the difference between App Registrations and Enterprise Applications has become a lot clearer. I am … Read More