Build Zero Trust on Microsoft Azure — A Hands-On Architecture Guide for Cloud Engineers By CyberDudeBivash • Date: September 20, 2025 (IST)
Executive summary This is your practical, step-by-step blueprint to ship Zero Trust on Azure—grounded in identity-first controls, private-by-default networking, least-privilege automation, and continuous verification with policy & telemetry. You’ll stand up: A landing zone with management groups, policy baselines, and hub-and-spoke networking (private endpoints everywhere). Identity guardrails with Entra ID: PIM (JIT admin), Conditional Access, workload identities, and access reviews. Network segmentation with Azure Firewall Premium, DDoS Standard, DNS Private Resolver, and NSG/ASG micro-segments. App & data protections : managed identity everywhere, Key Vault with purge protection, Purview discovery, Defender controls. Continuous compliance : Azure Policy + GitHub Actions/ADO pipelines with OIDC federation and policy-as-code. Detection & response : Microsoft Sentinel analytics, UEBA, and SOAR playbooks. Reference architecture (mental model)...