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2026 16

  1. Protect against Brotli CVE-2026-111497 with Azure Web Application Firewall (WAF)
  2. Azure WAF custom rules for PHP2Shell mitigation
  3. Addressing PHP2Shell CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619: upgrade guidance and Azure WAF mitigations
  4. Secure Native Access to Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Private Clusters with Azure Bastion
  5. A deep dive into Azure Bastion session recording
  6. Designing Cloud Landing Zones by Traffic Flow: A Defence‑in‑Depth, DMZ‑First Architecture
  7. Azure DDoS Protection & Azure WAF: A Layered Defense for Modern DDoS Attacks
  8. Public Preview: Managed Identity support for graphical session recording
  9. General availability of Default Ruleset (DRS) 2.2 for Web Application Firewall
  10. Assess Azure DDoS Protection Status Across Your Environment
  11. Azure Bastion: Enterprise-grade secure access made simple
  12. Orchestrating Intrusion Detection and Prevention Signature overrides in Azure Firewall Premium
  13. Detect, correlate, contain: New Azure Firewall IDPS detections in Microsoft Sentinel and XDR
  14. Navigating the 2025 holiday season: Insights into Azure’s DDoS defense
  15. A Practical Guide to Azure DDoS Protection Cost Optimization
  16. Zero Trust with Azure Firewall, Azure DDoS Protection and Azure WAF: A practical use case

2025 38

  1. Application layer DDoS protection using the HTTP DDoS Ruleset in Azure WAF
  2. Protect against React RSC CVE-2025-55182 with Azure Web Application Firewall (WAF)
  3. Public Preview: Entra ID support for RDP connections in portal
  4. DNS flow trace logs in Azure Firewall are now generally available
  5. General Availability of JavaScript Challenge in Azure Front Door WAF
  6. Using Packet Capture for troubleshooting Azure Firewall flows
  7. Public Preview: Custom WAF Block Status & Body for Azure Application Gateway
  8. General Availability of CAPTCHA in Azure Front Door WAF
  9. Prescaling in Azure Firewall is now generally available
  10. How Azure network security can help you meet NIS2 compliance
  11. Azure DDoS Protection now supports QUIC protocol — Securing the future of HTTP/3 traffic
  12. Monitoring web application traffic for configuring rate limit on Azure Front Door WAF
  13. Introducing the new Network Security Hub in Azure
  14. Azure Application Gateway protection against CVE-2025-8671 (MadeYouReset)
  15. Azure Front Door Protection against CVE-2025-8671 (MadeYouReset)
  16. Protect against SharePoint CVE-2025-53770 with Azure Web Application Firewall (WAF)
  17. Optimize Azure Firewall logs with selective logging
  18. Securing Containerized Applications with Application Gateway for Containers and Azure WAF
  19. Draft and deploy - Azure Firewall policy changes [Preview]
  20. Azure WAF Tuning for Entra External ID
  21. Automating Enriched DDoS Alerts Using Logic Apps
  22. Azure WAF Integration in Security Copilot is Now Generally Available
  23. Getting Started with Azure Firewall REST API – Part II
  24. Securing web applications with Azure Front Door WAF CAPTCHA
  25. Maximizing savings with Azure Firewall and Azure Monitor basic table plan
  26. Public Preview of Azure WAF CAPTCHA Challenge for Azure Front Door
  27. Best Practices for Securing Access to VMs
  28. Private only Bastion: Connect Through Bastion Without a Public IP
  29. Optimizing DDoS Protection Costs: Adding IPs to Existing DDoS Protection Plans
  30. Protect against Next.js CVE-2025-29927 with Azure Web Application Firewall (WAF)
  31. Mastering Regex with GitHub Copilot for Enhanced Azure WAF Security
  32. Getting Started with Azure Firewall REST API: A Step-by-Step Guide – Part I
  33. Protecting the Public IPs of Secured Virtual Hub Azure Firewalls against DDoS Attacks
  34. Comprehensive Guide to Monitoring Azure WAF Metrics and Logs
  35. Fortify Your Azure Firewall: Custom Public IP Configuration on Secured Virtual Hub Deployments
  36. Building a DDoS Response Plan
  37. Enhancing Azure Firewall Management with Change Tracking
  38. Understanding the Evolving Threat of DDoS Attacks in 2024

2024 34

  1. Copilot in Azure embedded experience for Azure Firewall integration in Security Copilot
  2. Enhancements to the Azure Firewall User Experience
  3. IPv6 Adoption: Enhancing Azure WAF on Front Door
  4. Getting Started with Azure DDoS Protection REST API: A Step-by-Step Guide
  5. Monitoring Azure DDoS Protection Mitigation Triggers
  6. Azure WAF’s Bot Manager 1.1 and JavaScript Challenge: Navigating the Bot Threat Terrain
  7. Utilizing Azure DDoS Protection Workbook for DDoS attack traffic Analysis
  8. Independent Configuration of Size Enforcement and Inspection Limits in Application Gateway WAF
  9. Private IP DNAT Support and Scenarios with Azure Firewall
  10. Monitoring traffic flows in Azure Firewall using Virtual Network Flow Logs
  11. Unlocking Secure VM Connectivity with Azure Bastion
  12. Getting Started with Azure WAF REST API for Azure Front Door: A Step-by-Step Guide
  13. Azure Firewall and WAF integrations in Microsoft Security Copilot
  14. Leveraging Azure DDoS protection with WAF rate limiting
  15. Azure Firewall Protection Against Apache Struts Vulnerability - CVE-2023-50164
  16. Portal extension for Azure Firewall with DDoS protection
  17. Govern your Azure Firewall configuration with Azure Policies
  18. Azure WAF Public Preview: JavaScript Challenge
  19. Getting Started with Azure WAF REST API for Application Gateway: A Step-by-Step Guide
  20. Simplifying Cloud Security with Azure Firewall Manager and Illumio
  21. A Closer Look at Azure WAF’s Data Masking Capabilities for Azure Front Door
  22. General availability of Azure WAF Bot Manager1.1 Ruleset
  23. Azure Firewall integration in Security Copilot: protect networks at machine speed with gen AI
  24. Azure WAF integration in Security Copilot- Protect web applications using Gen AI
  25. Secure Access to Your Azure Virtual Machines for Free with Bastion Developer
  26. Loop DDoS Attacks: Understanding the Threat and Azure's Defense
  27. Organizing rule collections and rule collection groups in Azure Firewall Policy
  28. Microsoft announces new collaboration with MazeBolt RADAR™ DDoS testing
  29. Navigating Azure WAF Exclusions
  30. Guarding the Gates: Exploring Supported Scenarios for Azure DDoS Protection and Public IP Prefixes
  31. Azure DDoS Protection – SecOps Deep Dive
  32. Best Practices for Upgrading Azure WAF Ruleset
  33. Announcing New Monitoring and Scaling Updates in Azure Firewall
  34. Enhancing Cybersecurity: Geomatch Custom Rules in Azure WAF

2023 39

  1. Azure Firewall's Auto Learn SNAT Routes: A Guide to Dynamic Routing and SNAT Configuration
  2. Malware Detection in Sentinel for Azure Firewall
  3. Azure WAF tuning with AD B2C applications
  4. Azure Firewall: New Embedded Workbooks
  5. 2023 Holiday DDoS Protection Guide
  6. Understanding Azure DDoS Protection: A Closer Look
  7. Part 2 - Managing Azure Firewall Network Rules with Illumination
  8. Defending Against UDP Flood Attacks with Azure DDoS Protection
  9. Part 1 - Managing Network Rules by using Azure Tags with Illumio for Microsoft Azure Firewall
  10. Optimizing Azure Firewall logging costs
  11. Rate Limiting Feature for Azure WAF on Application Gateway now in Preview.
  12. Enforcing and Managing Azure DDoS Protection with Azure Policy
  13. Azure WAF Post Deployment Check - Best Practices
  14. Intrusion Detection and Prevention System (IDPS) Based on Signatures
  15. Azure Firewall: New Features and Region Availability
  16. Maximizing Effectiveness: Best Practices for Azure DDoS Protection and Application Resilience
  17. Enhancing Your Azure Security: Azure DDoS Sentinel Solution and WAF Playbook Integration
  18. Strengthening Your Defenses: Simulation Testing for Azure DDoS Protection
  19. Azure WAF – Masking Sensitive Data
  20. Azure Firewall: New Monitoring and Logging Updates
  21. New Threat Detections for Azure WAF
  22. Validating FTP traffic scenarios with Azure Firewall
  23. Public Preview: Support for DRS and Mask sensitive data on Application Gateway WAF
  24. Demystifying Explicit proxy: Enhancing Security with Azure Firewall
  25. Taking Azure Firewall IDPS on a Test Drive
  26. Exploring Azure Firewall's Threat Protection
  27. Protect against PaperCut vulnerability with Azure Firewall Premium
  28. Azure Web Application Firewall- Bot Manager Scenarios
  29. General Availability of Structured Logs and Single Click Upgrade/Downgrade in Azure Firewall
  30. Azure Firewall NAT Behaviors
  31. Protect Office365 and Windows365 with Azure Firewall
  32. Logging and Metrics Enhancements to Azure Firewall now in Preview
  33. Azure Network Security @ RSA Conference 2023 (April 23-27)
  34. Azure WAF Tuning for Web Applications
  35. Enhancements to Azure WAF for Application Gateway now in General Availability
  36. Illumio for Azure Firewall - Combines Benefits of Zero Trust Segmentation and Cloud-Native Firewall
  37. Azure WAF Notebook for Microsoft Sentinel
  38. Azure DDoS Solution for Microsoft Sentinel
  39. Deploy Azure Firewall to inspect traffic to a private endpoint

2022 28

  1. DRS 2.1 for Azure FrontDoor WAF General Availability
  2. Automated Detection and Response for Azure WAF with Sentinel
  3. Zero Trust with Azure Network Security
  4. Building a POC for TLS inspection in Azure Firewall
  5. Azure DDoS IP Protection is Now Available in Public Preview
  6. Azure Firewall Basic SKU is now Available in Public Preview
  7. Exclude Public IP addresses in Azure DDOS network protection
  8. Text4Shell RCE vulnerability: Guidance for protecting against and detecting CVE-2022-42889
  9. What’s new in Azure Network Security at Microsoft Ignite 2022
  10. Microsoft Ignite 2022: Explore what’s new in Azure Network Security
  11. Azure DDoS Standard Protection Now Supports APIM in VNET Integration
  12. Exploring Azure Firewall Policy Analytics
  13. Backup Azure Firewall and Azure Firewall Policy with Logic Apps
  14. Exploring the New Resource Specific Structured Logging in Azure Firewall
  15. Protect Applications in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) using Azure WAF
  16. Configuring Azure Firewall in Forced Tunneling mode
  17. Automatically Configure Azure Firewall Rules to Allow Traffic to Office 365 Endpoints
  18. Managing WAF Policies and DDoS protection plans with Azure Firewall Manager
  19. Azure WAF Protection for Third Party Cloud Applications (AWS)
  20. Receive Email Notification when new IDPS rules get Created via Logic Apps
  21. Enhancements to Azure WAF now in General Availability
  22. Validate SpringShell Vulnerabilities with Azure Network Security
  23. Azure DDoS Protection for BYOIPs now available
  24. Bring your own IP addresses (BYOIP) to Azure with Custom IP Prefix
  25. GeoLocation Filtering with Azure Firewall
  26. Detect traffic anomalies and auto-mitigate spikes with Azure WAF on Microsoft Azure Front Door
  27. Ask the product experts live: Azure Network Security
  28. Runbook to manage Azure Firewall Back ups

2021 27

  1. Introducing the Application Gateway WAF Triage Workbook
  2. Migrate to Azure Firewall Premium in Secured vWAN hub with preserved Public IP addresses
  3. Protect workloads with inline DDoS protection from Gateway Load Balancer partners
  4. Azure Network Security Demo Lab Environment with new updates. v2.1
  5. Introducing the Network Security Dashboard for Microsoft Defender for Cloud
  6. Improve your Azure Network Infrastructure Security with Complementary Services
  7. New Detections, Hunting Queries and Response Automation in Azure Firewall Solution for Sentinel
  8. Azure Firewall Premium now in General Availability
  9. New Managed Rule Set on Azure WAF for Front Door Premium
  10. New Improvements on Azure WAF for Application Gateway
  11. Automated Detection and Response for Azure Firewall with Logic App Connector and Playbooks
  12. Become an Azure Network Security Ninja
  13. Azure Web Application Firewall: WAF config versus WAF policy
  14. Role Based Access Control for Azure Firewall
  15. New Detections for Azure Firewall in Azure Sentinel
  16. Azure Firewall Manager Is Now Integrated with Microsoft Defender for Cloud
  17. Certificate Management Overview for Azure Firewall Premium TLS Inspection
  18. Enabling Central Visibility For DNS Using Azure Firewall Custom DNS and DNS Proxy
  19. How to use Azure Firewall Premium with WVD
  20. Part 4 - Data Disclosure and Exfiltration Playbook: Azure WAF Security Protection and Detection Lab
  21. Azure Network Security Proof of Concept Part 1: Planning
  22. New, Simplified Pricing for Azure DDoS Protection Standard
  23. Part 2 - Reconnaissance Playbook: Azure WAF Security Protection and Detection Lab
  24. Part 3 - Vulnerability Exploitation Playbook: Azure WAF Security Protection and Detection Lab
  25. Part 1 - Lab Setup: Azure WAF Security Protection and Detection Lab
  26. Tutorial Overview: Azure Web Application Firewall Security Protection and Detection Lab
  27. Azure WAF Custom Rule Samples and Use Cases

2020 5

  1. Deploying DDoS Protection Standard with Azure Policy
  2. Enriching DDoS Protection Alerts with Logic Apps
  3. Azure Network Security Proof of Concept Part 2: Deploying the environment
  4. Integrating Azure Web Application Firewall with Azure Sentinel
  5. Introducing the Azure Network Security Tech Community and Github Repo