Security

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

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.

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.

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.

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?

One of the best ways to speed up securing your cloud deployments is to focus on the most impactful security best practices. Best practices for securing any service begins with a fundamental understanding of cybersecurity risk and how to manage it.

Azure storage offers several options to encrypt data at rest. With client-side encryption you can encrypt data prior to uploading it to Azure Storage.