When using PaaS services in a hub-and-spoke architecture a best-practice approach is to use Private Endpoints for accessing those services. This allows us to ensure that these services are only available internally in the Azure VNET and not publicly available. Private Endpoints is a virtual NIC (Network Interface Card) which is placed within a virtual …
Network policies for Private Endpoints with UDR and NSG Read More »
As part of a meetup that I was presenting for the Microsoft Cloud Security User Group this week, I also wanted to do a write up about tips and tricks to how you can secure you Kubernetes environment running in Microsoft Azure (but some tips can also apply for other platforms running elsewhere!) I have …
As cyber threats continue to evolve, traditional security measures are no longer sufficient to protect networks and data. Zero Trust security has emerged as a powerful approach to security that ensures secure access to resources in a world of increasing complexity and data breaches. Cloudflare, a global cloud platform provider which now in the latest …
Cloudflare Zero-Trust – A good alternative to provide ZTNA? Read More »
It should be noted that this is not a technical blogpost, but more about the overall strategy of how you should look at managing Azure Virtual Desktop at scale based on the way of working with cloud within your organization. But I’m going ahead of myself, so let’s start with the background. As an increasing …
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A while back while I was hosting an Azure Monitor workshop I was asked about if we can use Azure Monitor to monitor the licenses that an organization has in Azure Active Directory? By default, Azure Monitor can only have monitoring rules based upon metrics or events(logs) within Microsoft Azure. This means that by default …
Monitoring Azure AD Licenses with Logic Apps and Azure Monitor: A Step-by-Step Guide Read More »
Microsoft has recently launched support for the language model that powers ChatGPT as part of their OpenAI services on March 9th. Previously, I wrote a blogpost on comparison between OpenAI and Azure OpenAI here –> OpenAI vs Azure OpenAI – msandbu.org. However, with the availability of ChatGPT in Azure, some aspects have changed. Hence, in …
GPT-4 had a goal to improve ability to understand and generate natural language text in complex and nuanced scenarios. To test its capabilities, GPT-4 was evaluated on various exams originally designed for humans. The results showed that GPT-4 often outperforms most human test takers, achieving scores that fall in the top 10% in simulated bar …
GPT-4: Pushing the Boundaries of AI Language Models Read More »
Honestly, I’m impressed by the vast range of capabilities that can be achieved with these compact devices, alongside the hundreds of diverse sensors that are readily accessible.Now we wanted to setup one of these controllers to communicate with ChatGPT just so see if it was possible, therefore I needed a controller that was able to …
Writing a book takes a long time, and just a couple of weeks ago I just wrapped up and released my new book related to Ransomware Protection and as part of any book you need to do some research. Before I started on writing the book I was involved with several cases where customers had …
Part One: Analyzing the Anatomy of a Ransomware Attack Read More »
In December, OpenAI released ChatGPT to the public and took the internet by storm! It was stated that ChatGPT reached 100 million monthly active users just after two months and that it only took 5 days to reach 1 million users. In addition, more than a million signed up for the new ChatGPT-infused Bing search …
