Security

Yet another busy week in the evolving ecosystem of blockchain technologies. New partners include Augur, Lisk, BitShares, Syscoin and Slock.it.

Azure’s Blockchain as a Service welcomes its first certified offering from Blockapps, STRATO, in addition to AlphaPoint and IOTA joining the Blockchain as a Service ecosystem.

We made some exciting enhancements to Azure Security Center, including more partners, detections, and security management capabilities.

With Azure Security Center, we deeply analyze a wealth of data, from a variety of Microsoft and partner solutions to help you achieve greater security.

The C++ Ethereum client and CryptoSwap demo added by ConsenSys as well as the OpenChain implementation by CoinPrism to the staging marketplace.

Learn about our continued update efforts and the activities of our existing and new partners in BaaS.

Since the announcement of Azure Blockchain as a Service with our first offering of the Ethereum Platform with ConsenSys, the response from customers and partners has been overwhelming.

Today, we are pleased to announce that the public preview of Azure Security Center is now available.

I’m excited to celebrate the phenomenal growth of Azure Government and announce the availability of new services and major investments in capabilities for Department of Defense (DoD) customers.

Meeting the needs of our customers remains at the forefront of what the Global Compliance and Ecosystem Team does every day, and is why we continue to invest heavily in meeting standards and regulatory requirements around the world.

TASER and other leading law enforcement solutions are moving to Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform.

Today I’m happy to announce the addition of two more assessments supporting Financial Services plus as a detailed set of Payment Card Industry and Data Security Standard guidance describing Azure and customer shared responsibilities.