Whilst implementing security controls in Microsoft Azure, it is also important to understand the shared responsibilities between cloud service providers and what the customer can configure and control in terms of networking and security for the services customers require. Responsibilities change when you work with SaaS, PaaS and IaaS. It’s also important to understand how Microsoft handles security response and the process which is followed..

Alice Rison, Senior Director, Microsoft Azure has just published details on two recent whitepapers which were recently released to provide insight into the shared responsibilities and security response at Microsoft.

The published papers can be found linked to this announcement here: Microsoft Incident Response and shared responsibility for cloud computing