Duration
1 day
Overview
Network security is a critical aspect of maintaining a secure and reliable infrastructure. Azure provides a powerful tool called Network Security Group (NSG) that allows organizations to filter network traffic and enforce access controls in their cloud environments. In this training module, we will explore how to utilize Azure NSG to enhance network security and protect your resources.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this training module, participants will:
- Understand the purpose and benefits of using Azure NSG to filter network traffic.
- Learn how to create and configure NSGs to enforce access controls for Azure resources.
- Gain insights into how NSGs can be used to allow or deny specific types of traffic based on source, destination, and port.
- Understand how to prioritize NSG rules and leverage Azure NSG flow logs for monitoring and troubleshooting.
- Recognize the role of NSGs in implementing network security best practices in Azure.
Goals
- Enable participants to effectively utilize Azure NSG to filter network traffic and enforce access controls.
- Improve participants' understanding of network security concepts in Azure.
- Provide participants with hands-on experience in creating and configuring NSGs.
- Empower participants to implement network security best practices and restrict unauthorized access to Azure resources.
- Enhance participants' ability to monitor and troubleshoot network traffic using NSG flow logs.
Introduction
- Azure resource group
- Azure Virtual Network
- How network security groups filter network traffic
- Application security groups
- Exercise - Create a virtual network infrastructure
Summary
In completing this module, you'll gain the expertise needed to effectively filter network traffic with a network security group using the Azure portal, an essential task for maintaining secure and efficient network operations.
Upon completion of this module, you should be able to:
- Understand the core concepts and functionality of a network security group in Azure.
- Create and configure a network security group using the Azure portal.
- Apply network security groups to filter incoming and outgoing traffic to resources in Azure.
- Maintain and troubleshoot your network security group configuration as necessary.
- Understand best practices for implementing network security groups to ensure secure and optimized network performance.
Programme scope, delivery arrangements and suitability are confirmed during enquiry.