{"id":92792,"date":"2021-02-04T09:00:12","date_gmt":"2021-02-04T17:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/security\/blog\/\/?p=92792"},"modified":"2023-05-15T23:06:43","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T06:06:43","slug":"modernizing-your-network-security-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/security\/blog\/2021\/02\/04\/modernizing-your-network-security-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"Modernizing your network security strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the global pandemic to recent cyberattacks, our world has faced many challenges during the past 12 months. Some of these challenges we can\u2019t change. However, I\u2019m pleased about the ones we can, and are changing across the cybersecurity landscape. For example, to facilitate remote work and maintain business continuity, organizations are moving more of their apps to the cloud and delivering SaaS experiences.<\/p>\n

We know, however, that cybercriminals are taking advantage of this shift. We have seen them increase DDoS attacks, ransomware, and phishing campaigns. So how do you, as a cybersecurity professional help your organization facilitate remote work while strengthening security, reliability, and performance?<\/p>\n

The first step is to examine your organization\u2019s security strategy and adopt a Zero Trust<\/a> approach.<\/p>\n

Join me and Sinead O\u2019Donovan<\/strong>, Director of Program Management for Azure Security, in the next Azure Security Experts Series<\/strong><\/a> on February 18, 2021,<\/strong> from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM Pacific Time<\/strong>, as we\u2019re going to focus on another important aspect of Zero Trust network security.<\/p>\n

There, we\u2019ll step through three strategies using the cloud-native network security services like Azure Front Door and Azure Firewall to perform:<\/p>\n