Azure FIrewall
Learn about Azure firewall in this lesson.
What is Azure firewall?
Azure Firewall is a cloud-based network security service offered by Microsoft Azure. It provides a highly advanced and customizable firewall solution to secure Azure Virtual Network resources and control inbound and outbound traffic.
Azure Firewall is a barrier between your virtual network and the internet or other connected networks, allowing you to enforce security policies and protect your applications and Key features of Azure Firewall
Application and network filtering: Azure Firewall allows you to define and enforce application and network-level filtering rules, permitting or denying traffic based on source, destination, port, protocol, and application.
Stateful inspection: It performs stateful traffic inspection, tracking the state of active connections to ensure legitimate communication.
High availability: Azure Firewall is designed for high availability and can be deployed in an active-active configuration across multiple availability zones.
Logging and monitoring: It provides detailed logging and reporting of traffic and rule activity, helping you gain insights into network traffic patterns and potential threats.
Threat intelligence integration: Azure Firewall can be integrated with Azure Sentinel, Microsoft's cloud-native security information and event management (SIEM) service to enhance threat detection and response capabilities.
Network address translation (NAT): Azure Firewall supports Network Address Translation, allowing private IP addresses to communicate with the internet using a single public IP address.
Azure monitor integration: You can integrate Azure Firewall ...