Azure Firewall

Summary:

Azure Firewall is a cloud-native and intelligent network security service offered by Microsoft Azure, providing robust protection to Azure Virtual Network resources. It's a fully stateful firewall as a service with built-in high availability and unrestricted cloud scalability. Azure Firewall is designed to safeguard Azure Virtual Network resources, offering comprehensive network-layer protection. It allows you to create, enforce, and log application and network connectivity policies across subscriptions and virtual networks. Azure Firewall is integral for businesses utilizing Azure for their cloud services, ensuring that their network architecture is protected against cyber threats with its advanced security features.

Key Features:

Stateful Firewall Capabilities: Provides stateful inspection of both inbound and outbound network traffic for Virtual Networks.
Built-in High Availability: No additional load balancers are needed, as high availability is built into the service.
Network Traffic Filtering Rules: Supports filtering rules for both outbound and inbound traffic based on IP address, port, and protocol.
Threat Intelligence-Based Filtering: Integrates with Microsoft Threat Intelligence for real-time threat detection and filtering.
Application Rule Collection: Allows the creation of rules to filter application-level traffic based on FQDN (Fully Qualified Domain Name).

Partner Link:

Azure Firewall – Cloud Network Security Solutions | Microsoft Azure

Protect, monitor, and report on your Azure Virtual Network resources using Azure Firewall, a cloud-native network security and analytics solution.

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Tangible Benefits:

Enhanced Network Security:

Quantification Path: Track the number of attempted security breaches or network intrusions before and after implementing Azure Firewall. Measure the reduction in such incidents to assess the enhancement in network security.

Reduced Total Cost of Ownership (TCO):

Quantification Path: Calculate the savings in initial setup, maintenance, and operational costs by comparing Azure Firewall with traditional firewall solutions. Include savings from the built-in high availability and scalability features.

Improved Compliance and Risk Management:

Quantification Path: Assess improvements in compliance with regulatory standards pre and post-implementation. Quantify the reduction in compliance-related violations or fines and evaluate the ease of meeting compliance requirements.