AWS Security vs Azure Security
                     AWS Security vs Azure Security:
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Cloud computing has become a major player to reckon with storing pictures, documents and 
doing computations and many other things moving to the cloud, Cloud providers are constantly 
gaining in popularity due to the increased demand for their services. AWS, Azure and GCP are 
some of the popular cloud service providers today.
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AWS:
AWS or ‘Amazon web services’ is one of the world’s leading cloud computing providers. 
It offers a number of services such as computation, storage, networking, database and 
more. AWS has had a lion share of the cloud computing market till 2019 – but 
competitors such as Azure and GCP are not far behind. AWS was re-launched in 2006 
after being initially launched in 2002. Some of AWS customers include SoundCloud, 
University of Maryland, Department of Defense (USA), British Gas and more.
Let us look at AWS security in greater detail:
AWS security deals with two areas – ‘Security of the cloud’ and ‘Security in the cloud’.
‘Security of the cloud’ deals with the security of the data centers, compliance 
regulations of the data stored and mitigating DDoS attacks against data centers.
‘Security in the cloud’ deals with identity and access management, detective controls, 
infrastructure protection, data protection and incident response.
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Azure:
Microsoft Azure is another top cloud computing platform for deploying 
applications on the cloud. Microsoft Azure provides SaaS (Software as a 
service), PaaS (Platform as a service) and IaaS (Infrastructure as a service) 
It was initially launched in February 2010 as Windows Azure but was 
rechristened to its present name in 2014.
Some customers of Microsoft Azure include Coca-cola, NBA, Chevron, 
Daimler, FedEX and more.
Microsoft Azure implements security by separating it into six functional 
areas – Operations, Application, Storage, Networking, Compute and Identity.
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Here are the ways in which security is implemented in AWS and 
Azure:
Azure Security
AWS Security
Identity and access AWS Services that can be  
management used to implement IAM:  
  •Azure Active directory
•AWS Secrets Manager •Single sign on
•AWS Single Sign On •multi-factor 
•AWS STS authentication
•AWS Directory service  
•AWS organizations
 
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Detection controls AWS services that can be  
used to provide •Azure Monitor logs
monitoring and logging •Azure Security 
are: Center(monitors traffic, 
  collects data and analyzes 
•Amazon GuardDuty data for threats)
•AWS Trusted advisor
•Amazon VPC Flow logs
•AWS Security Hub
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Infrastructure protection •AWS System manager •Customer data is 
•AWS Firewall manager protected by:
•AWS Direct connect •Hypervisor firewall
•AWS Cloud formation •Native host firewall
  •Host firewall
Data protection •Client side encryption •Encryption of data at rest
•Server side encryption • Encryption of data in 
•AWS Cloud HSM transit
•Amazon S3 glacier • Azure Disk encryption
•AWS certificate manager • Key management with 
•Amazon Macie Azure Key Vault
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Incident response APIs for automating The Security Incident 
incident response Response team follows 
•AWS CloudFormation the Security Incident 
•Performing forensics Response lifecycle:
•Detect
•Assess
•Diagnose
•Stabilize/Recover
•Close
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We saw some of the features by means of which AWS Security 
and Azure Security are implemented. While both of them are 
interested in protecting the data of their customers in the cloud, 
they both have their own ways and tools to do it.
“AWS Security or Microsoft Azure – which is better?” has no clear 
answers and it is always a battle that keeps see-sawing one way 
or the other!
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