Build and scale securely
Realize your AI ambitions on the Azure platform—designed and operated with security at every layer.
Overview
Innovate with cloud security capabilities
Azure is designed with embedded security features to help protect every workload.
- Protect your cloud workloads from evolving threats with Azure’s built-in, defense-in-depth security—at no additional cost.
- Rapidly mitigate cyberthreats with end-to-end advanced security capabilities that can be added to the Azure platform.
- The Azure global network uses a Zero Trust approach to perform network segmentation and apply intelligent threat protection and traffic encryption.
- Translate strategies into action with confidence using best practices and guidance from Microsoft experts and partners.
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Azure security capabilities
Explore comprehensive, in-depth security tools and services available on the Azure platform.
Azure Key Vault
Safeguard cryptographic keys and other secrets used by cloud apps and services.
Azure DDoS Protection
Protect your Azure resources and prevent distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.
Azure Firewall
Help enhance protection with real-time threat alerts, a scalable firewall, TLS inspection, and centralized security management.
Azure confidential computing
Access a wide range of confidential compute options, including hardware, services, tools, and SDKs to protect your data.
Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Protect multicloud and hybrid environments with comprehensive security from code to cloud.
Azure Integrated HSM
The in-house security chip inside every new Azure server strengthens key protection by default, meeting demanding FIPS 140-3 security requirements.
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Next steps
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