Practical, in-depth guides to core cloud security concepts — written for architects and engineers. These cover the fundamentals and the fast-moving topics shaping cloud security today.
AWS vs Azure vs GCP: The Complete Cloud Security Service Comparison (2026)
Security architects working across more than one cloud constantly hit the same problem: each provider names equivalent capabilities completely differently, and the equivalences are rarely exact. AWS Security Hub, Microsoft Defender for Cloud and Google Security Command Center occupy roughly the same space, but they differ in scope, pricing model and how much they overlap with neighbouring services. This guide maps the security services of all three major providers — AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud (GCP) — organised by security domain. Each section gives a comparison table followed by a technical breakdown of what the services actually do and, crucially, where the mappings are loose rather than one-to-one. ...