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Easy Auth | Standard Logic App with Azure API Management

GitHub Repository

Overview

The recent work that I have been doing with Standard Logic Apps and linking them as backends to Azure API Management has relied on the use of the Logic App Workflow SAS key for security. This is a valid authentication approach, but there are risks that you need to be aware of as well …


Easy Auth | Function App with Azure API Management

GitHub Repository

Overview

The recent work that I have been doing with Function Apps and linking them as backends to Azure API Management has relied on the use of the Function Apps Function SAS key for security. This is a valid authentication approach, but there are risks that you need to be aware of as well as …


Azure API Management | Function App Backend

Overview

GitHub Repository

Following on from a previous set of posts from earlier this year where I detailed how to securely implement Logic App Standard backends in Azure API Management, there has been questions on how this would be achieved in a similar manner with Azure Function Apps.

To read-up on how this …


Speaking | Azure Security Do's and Don'ts: A Developer's Checklist for Secure Azure Applications

AzureOnAir

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I recently had the privilege to be hosted on the Azure on Air podcast by the Turbo360 team. I had a great conversation with Lex discussing the importance of a “security first” mindset in the world of Azure solutions, and how this mindset should be carried out as a priority in …


Azure Role Based Access Control (RBAC) | Removing Orphaned Role Assignments

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Deploying solutions into Azure that rely on Role Based Access often involve us creating IaC automation for the assignment of roles, such as:

  • A services access to Key Vault
  • A services access to a Key Vault specific secret
  • A services access to a storage account
  • A services access to a …