Enhancing Your Cloud Security with a CNAPP Solution

Implement the entire CNAPP lifecycle from designing, planning, adopting, deploying, and operationalizing to enhance your organization’s overall cloud security posture.

Key Features

• Master the CNAPP lifecycle from planning to operationalization using real-world practical scenarios.
• Dive deep into the features of Microsoft’s Defender for Cloud to elevate your organization’s security posture.
• Explore hands-on examples and implementation techniques from a leading expert in the cybersecurity industry

Book Description

Cloud security is a pivotal aspect of modern IT infrastructure, essential for safeguarding critical data and services. This comprehensive book explores Cloud Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP), guiding you through adopting, deploying, and managing these solutions effectively. Written by Yuri Diogenes, Principal PM at Microsoft, who has been with Defender for Cloud (formerly Azure Security Center) since its inception, this book distills complex concepts into actionable knowledge making it an indispensable resource for Cloud Security professionals.

The book begins with a solid foundation detailing the why and how of CNAPP, preparing you for deeper engagement with the subject. As you progress, it delves into practical applications, including using Microsoft Defender for Cloud to enhance your organization’s security posture, handle multicloud environments, and integrate governance and continuous improvement practices into your operations.

Further, you’ll learn how to operationalize your CNAPP framework, emphasizing risk management & attack disruption, leveraging AI to enhance security measures, and integrating Defender for Cloud with Microsoft Security Exposure Management. By the end, you’ll be ready to implement and optimize a CNAPP solution in your workplace, ensuring a robust defense against evolving threats.

What you will learn

• Implement Microsoft Defender for Cloud across diverse IT environments
• Harness DevOps security capabilities to tighten cloud operations
• Leverage AI tools such as Microsoft Copilot for Security to help remediate security recommendations at scale
• Integrate Microsoft Defender for Cloud with other XDR, SIEM (Microsoft Sentinel) and Microsoft Security Exposure Management
• Optimize your cloud security posture with continuous improvement practices
• Develop effective incident response plans and proactive threat hunting techniques

Who this book is for

This book is aimed at Cloud Security Professionals that work with Cloud Security, Posture Management, or Workload Protection. DevOps Engineers that need to have a better understanding of Cloud Security Tools and SOC Analysts that need to understand how CNAPP can enhance their threat hunting capabilities can also benefit from this book. Basic knowledge of Cloud Computing, including Cloud Providers such as Azure, AWS, and GCP is assumed.

Table of Contents

1. Why CNAPP?
2. Assessing your Environment’s Security Posture
3. CNAPP Design Considerations
4. Creating an Adoption Plan
5. Elevating your Workload’s Security Posture
6. Multicloud
7. DevOps Security Capabilities
8. Governance and Continuous Improvement
9. Proactive Hunting
10. Implementing Workload Protection
11. Protecting Compute resources (Servers and Containers)
12. Protecting Storage and Databases
13. Protecting APIs
14. Protecting Service Layer
15. Incident Response
16. Leveraging AI to Improve your Security Posture
17. Extended Security Posture Management (XSPM)

Size: A4(20*28cm)

Printing: 80 gm – color

Cover: Softcover