Azure SecOps Review Assessment by Bechtle

Our assessment evaluates your current security configuration, analyses threat vectors, and reviews compliance alignment. Once completed, our team will deliver a detailed report outlining actionable insights to address gaps, mitigate risks, and enhance protection. You'll also receive a physical copy of the assessment, ensuring you have everything needed to fortify your Azure environment against evolving threats.

What criteria is covered in the Bechtle Azure SecOps review?

• Azure Secure Score breakdown
• Secure Score recommendations
• User access and assigned roles review
• PIM and RBAC Identity review
• RBAC Service Principles and Permissions Review
• Network summary and VNet peering's
• Network Security Groups and rule Sets
• Security Centre Alerts

Azure Secure Score
Azure Secure Score recommendations offer actionable insights to enhance security by addressing identity management, data protection, network security, compliance, and threat detection. Key actions include enabling MFA, encrypting data, using NSGs, applying RBAC, and enabling Defender for Cloud. Implementing these steps mitigates risks, reduces vulnerabilities, and improves your security posture.

User access and assigned roles
In Azure, user access is managed through role-based access control (RBAC), which assigns permissions to users, groups, or service principals based on roles. Roles, such as Owner, Contributor, or Reader, define what actions can be performed on resources and are assigned at different scopes (subscription, resource group, or resource). Access is managed via the Azure portal, PowerShell, or CLI, and follows the principle of least privilege to ensure users have only the permissions they need. Regular reviews and Conditional Access policies enhance security and governance.

RBAC Service Principles and Permissions
RBAC Service Principals and Permissions are evaluated to ensure that service accounts (service principals) have only the necessary permissions to perform their tasks. Service principals are assigned specific roles through RBAC, and the review the review also checks that permissions are correctly scoped to limit access to the appropriate resources and that any unused or unnecessary service principals are removed, reducing potential attack vectors and improving overall security.

Network summary and VNet peering’s
This Network Summary in Azure provides an overview of resources like VNets, subnets, NSGs, and gateways, helping manage connectivity and security. VNet Peering connects VNets for seamless communication using Azure’s private backbone, offering low latency, high bandwidth, and cross-region connectivity while maintaining individual configurations. It’s ideal for resource sharing, hub-and-spoke architectures, and linking environments securely.

Network Security Groups and rule Sets
Network Security Groups (NSGs) in Azure are critical for controlling network traffic to and from resources within virtual networks. They use rule sets to define security policies, specifying which inbound and outbound traffic is allowed or denied based on parameters like IP address, port, and protocol. Reviewing NSGs involves ensuring that rule sets are properly configured to minimize exposure to threats, maintain least privilege access, and align with security best practices. A thorough review would identify overly permissive rules, missing rules, or potential misconfigurations that could compromise the network’s security.

Security Center Alerts
Security Center Alerts are assessed to ensure that Azure resources are being effectively monitored for potential security threats and vulnerabilities. The review examines the configuration and response to alerts generated by Microsoft Defender for Cloud, ensuring that critical issues such as suspicious activities, unpatched systems, and misconfigurations are promptly identified. It also verifies that alert severity is appropriately categorized and that recommended actions for mitigation are followed to enhance the organization’s overall security posture.

Why choose this Package?
This Package will help support your Azure environment through the below

• Strengthen your security posture
• Reduce risk and compliance costs
• Uncover hidden vulnerabilities
• Vendor-neutral recommendations