New Blog | Taking Azure Firewall IDPS on a Test Drive

Written by Gopikrishna Kannan (Head of Products: Azure Firewall and Firewall Manager)

 

Intrusion detection and prevention (IDPS) is an advanced threat prevention mechanism supported by the Azure Firewall Premium SKU. Unlike simple network filtering, IDPS matches traffic patterns to a set of known malicious signatures. Azure Firewall supports more than 60,000 malicious signatures which are updated in real time. These signatures apply when malicious patterns are detected under the right conditions.  The conditions include traffic direction (inbound or outbound) and network scope (private network or public network). Below are examples to validate IDPS configuration in your environment.

Read the full blog here: Taking Azure Firewall IDPS on a Test Drive - Microsoft Community Hub