A brute-force attack is simply explained as an attacker attempting to authenticate to a user account using multiple passwords, as opposed to a password spray. I recently assisted a small client who doesn’t yet have the budget to invest in a SIEM/SOAR solution like Sentinel but is concerned about brute force attacks and account lockouts.… Continue reading Monitoring Brute Force Attacks in Entra ID
Category: Logic Apps
Monitoring your Azure resource deployments
As part of your FinOps practice, some IT departments require additional proactive notifications whenever any Azure resources are upgraded or deployed in their tenant. This proactive approach helps manage cloud sprawl by reducing unwanted security risks and avoiding bill shock at the end of the month. In this blog, I have provisioned an Azure Logic… Continue reading Monitoring your Azure resource deployments
Automated monitoring Azure App Registration secrets using using Logic Apps
When provisioning App Registrations, their secrets are set to a maximum of 24 months. Currently, Azure does not provide a notification platform to proactively alert you when secrets are nearing expiration, which can result in business disruption. We are often asked by clients to implement automated monitoring and alerting platforms especially with regards to secrets… Continue reading Automated monitoring Azure App Registration secrets using using Logic Apps
How to start/stop a virtual machine scale set instance using Logic Apps
This blog is a follow up to the Azure Automation blog by configuring a Logic App to implement user defined scheduling of start and stop /snoozing on azure virtual machine scale set instances as part of FinOps. Deployment Plan Step 1 – Create your Logic App Step 2 – Enable the System Assigned Managed Identity… Continue reading How to start/stop a virtual machine scale set instance using Logic Apps
Azure Logic Apps: How to send an email with an attachment
Synopsis This post is a short, simple 20 minute recipe on how to automate the sending of emails, attaching any files that have been uploaded to a storage account container. Components: 1. Azure Storage Account Provsision or select an existing Azure Storage Account in which will we provision a container for the storage of the… Continue reading Azure Logic Apps: How to send an email with an attachment