Security

We announced the general availability of Azure Security Center for IoT in July 2019. Since then, we have seen a lot of interest from both our customers and partners.

Today, we are excited to share several new Azure Firewall capabilities based on your top feedback items:

Last November we introduced Microsoft Azure Firewall Manager preview for Azure Firewall policy and route management in secured virtual hubs.

Today we’re pleased to introduce the release of Data Protection and Privacy Compliance in the Cloud: Privacy Concerns Are Not Slowing the Adoption of Cloud Services, but Challenges Remain, original research sponsored by Microsoft and independently conducted by the Ponemon Institute.

Cryptocurrency mining attacks continue to represent a threat to many of our Azure Linux customers.

We are pleased to share that Azure is the first major US cloud provider to achieve certification as a data processor for the new international standard ISO/IEC 27701 Privacy Information Management System (PIMS).

Cloud computing has opened new paradigms that enable enterprises to reach new levels of productivity and scale.

The mission for our blockchain investments has remained steadfast since the beginning, with the goal of democratizing complex technologies and creating connections across organizational boundaries to solve shared problems in a trusted manner.

At Microsoft Ignite, we’re sharing the many new capabilities our teams have built to improve security with Azure Security Center and the Azure Platform.

Today we’re introducing the preview for server-side encryption (SSE) with customer-managed keys (CMK) for Azure Managed Disks.

Providing our customers with choice and flexibility is central to our mission around blockchain in Azure. Today, we are pleased to introduce that we are bringing managed Corda Enterprise to Azure Blockchain Service.

Can you trust your cloud provider?