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azure-security

Expert knowledge for Azure Security development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when securing AKS and container images, SBOM/Notation pipelines, Key Vault vs HSM, or Customer Lockbox, and other Azure Security related development tasks. Not for Azure Defender For Cloud (use azure-defender-for-cloud), Azure Sentinel (use azure-sentinel), Azure DDos Protection (use azure-ddos-protection), Azure Web Application Firewall (use azure-web-application-firewall).

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SKILL.md

Azure Security Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Security. Covers troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. It combines local quick-reference content with remote documentation fetching capabilities.

How to Use This Skill

IMPORTANT for Agent: Use the Category Index below to locate relevant sections. For categories with line ranges (e.g., L35-L120), use read_file with the specified lines. For categories with file links (e.g., [security.md](security.md)), use read_file on the linked reference file

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This skill requires network access to fetch documentation content:

  • Preferred: Use mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch with query string from=learn-agent-skill. Returns Markdown.
  • Fallback: Use fetch_webpage with query string from=learn-agent-skill&accept=text/markdown. Returns Markdown.

Category Index

Category Lines Description
Troubleshooting L35-L39 Diagnosing and resolving common Azure Customer Lockbox issues, including access request problems, approval/denial errors, and configuration or permission-related failures.
Best Practices L40-L58 Security hardening checklists and patterns for Azure (IaaS/PaaS), covering identity, network, data encryption, secrets, DNS, and app/database protection best practices
Decision Making L59-L63 Guidance on choosing between Azure Key Vault and dedicated HSMs, comparing security, compliance, performance, and management trade-offs for key management solutions.
Security L64-L94 Securing Azure workloads: threat modeling mitigations, AKS image signing, crypto and data protection, ransomware defense, incident response, and Azure-specific security/operational best practices.
Configuration L95-L102 Configuring Azure security features like antimalware, firewalls, container vulnerability tools, security logging/auditing, and upcoming managed TLS/DCV changes
Integrations & Coding Patterns L103-L107 Guidance on generating signed SBOMs for container images, attaching them in CI/CD, and integrating software supply chain security into deployment workflows.
Deployment L108-L114 Guides for signing and verifying container images with Notation in Azure Pipelines/GitHub Actions, plus comparing security feature availability in Azure vs Azure Government.

Troubleshooting

Topic URL
Resolve common issues with Azure Customer Lockbox https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/fundamentals/customer-lockbox-faq

Best Practices

Topic URL
Harden Azure Marketplace images before publishing https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/fundamentals/azure-marketplace-images
Implement Azure data security and encryption best practices https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/fundamentals/data-encryption-best-practices
Use Azure SQL database security checklist https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/fundamentals/database-security-checklist
Apply security best practices to Azure IaaS workloads https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/fundamentals/iaas
Apply Microsoft Entra identity security best practices https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/fundamentals/identity-management-best-practices
Apply Azure network security best practices https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/fundamentals/network-best-practices
Apply operational security best practices for Azure assets https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/fundamentals/operational-best-practices
Secure Azure App Service web and mobile applications https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/fundamentals/paas-applications-using-app-services
Secure PaaS databases with Azure SQL and Synapse https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/fundamentals/paas-applications-using-sql
Secure PaaS applications using Azure Storage features https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/fundamentals/paas-applications-using-storage
Design and operate secure PaaS deployments on Azure https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/fundamentals/paas-deployments
Apply Azure-specific best practices for protecting secrets https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/fundamentals/secrets-best-practices
Apply security best practices to Azure Service Fabric https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/fundamentals/service-fabric-best-practices
Implement five-step checklist to secure Entra ID https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/fundamentals/steps-secure-identity
Prevent Azure subdomain takeover with DNS and App Service https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/fundamentals/subdomain-takeover

Decision Making

Topic URL
Choose between Azure Key Vault and HSM key solutions https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/fundamentals/key-management-choose

Security

Topic URL
Enforce AKS image signature validation with Ratify and Azure Policy https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/container-secure-supply-chain/articles/validating-image-signatures-using-ratify-aks
Implement auditing and logging mitigations with Threat Modeling Tool https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/develop/threat-modeling-tool-auditing-and-logging
Implement authentication mitigations with Threat Modeling Tool https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/develop/threat-modeling-tool-authentication
Mitigate authorization threats in Threat Modeling Tool https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/develop/threat-modeling-tool-authorization
Secure communications based on Threat Modeling Tool findings https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/develop/threat-modeling-tool-communication-security
Harden configuration management using Threat Modeling Tool mitigations https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/develop/threat-modeling-tool-configuration-management
Implement cryptography mitigations from Threat Modeling Tool https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/develop/threat-modeling-tool-cryptography
Secure exception management using Threat Modeling Tool guidance https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/develop/threat-modeling-tool-exception-management
Apply secure input validation mitigations from Threat Modeling Tool https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/develop/threat-modeling-tool-input-validation
Protect sensitive data using Threat Modeling Tool mitigations https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/develop/threat-modeling-tool-sensitive-data
Implement secure session management from Threat Modeling Tool https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/develop/threat-modeling-tool-session-management
Apply Azure-specific security best practices for AI workloads https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/fundamentals/ai-security-best-practices
Configure Microsoft Antimalware in Azure with PowerShell https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/fundamentals/antimalware-code-samples
Use Azure Certificate Authority roots and requirements https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/fundamentals/azure-certificate-authority-details
Design Azure backup and restore plan against ransomware https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/fundamentals/backup-plan-to-protect-against-ransomware
Implement Azure resource security best practices https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/fundamentals/best-practices-and-patterns
Configure alternate email notifications for Customer Lockbox https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/fundamentals/customer-lockbox-alternative-email
Control Microsoft engineer data access with Customer Lockbox https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/fundamentals/customer-lockbox-overview
Implement Azure-specific incident response practices https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/fundamentals/incident-response-overview
Review Azure SQL Database built-in security features https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/fundamentals/infrastructure-sql
Apply Azure operational security checklist actions https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/fundamentals/operational-checklist
Understand security access methods for Azure production network https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/fundamentals/production-network
Understand Azure controls for protection of customer data https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/fundamentals/protection-customer-data
Detect and respond to ransomware using Azure security tools https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/fundamentals/ransomware-detect-respond
Use Azure-native features to protect against ransomware https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/fundamentals/ransomware-features-resources
Prepare Azure environments to withstand ransomware attacks https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/fundamentals/ransomware-prepare
Configure Azure Firewall Premium to mitigate ransomware https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/fundamentals/ransomware-protection-with-azure-firewall

Configuration

Topic URL
Configure Dependabot and Copacetic for container security https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/container-secure-supply-chain/articles/container-secure-supply-chain-implementation/cssc-depenadabot-quickstart
Configure firewalls using Azure domain patterns https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/fundamentals/azure-domains
Configure and analyze Azure security logging and auditing https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/fundamentals/log-audit
Adapt to upcoming Azure managed TLS and DCV changes https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/fundamentals/managed-tls-changes

Integrations & Coding Patterns

Topic URL
Create and attach signed SBOMs to container images https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/container-secure-supply-chain/articles/attach-sbom

Deployment

Topic URL
Sign and verify container images in Azure Pipelines with Notation https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/container-secure-supply-chain/articles/notation-ado-task-sign
Sign container images with Notation in GitHub Actions https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/container-secure-supply-chain/articles/notation-sign-gha
Verify container image signatures with Notation in GitHub Actions https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/container-secure-supply-chain/articles/verify-gha
Check Azure vs Azure Government security feature availability https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/fundamentals/feature-availability

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