Security

by Mark Russinovich on 14th October 2020 at 06:00

Today, we are announcing that Azure will be an early adopter of the 3rd generation Intel® Xeon® Platform, code named Ice Lake, which includes full memory encryption and accelerated cryptographic performance for confidential computing with Intel Software Guard Extensions (SGX). When available next year, this technology will unlock even more confidential computing scenarios for our customers.

by Eric Doerr on 22nd September 2020 at 08:00

Today, we're pleased to announce a broad set of innovations to help you protect multi-cloud and Azure workloads.

by Poornima Natarajan on 16th September 2020 at 10:00

The Microsoft Azure Lighthouse product group is launching a blog series Azure Lighthouse covering areas where we are investing to make our service provider partners and enterprise customers successful with Azure.

by Ofir Monza on 16th July 2020 at 14:00

With massive workforces now remote, IT admins and security professionals are under increased pressure to keep everyone productive and connected while combatting evolving threats.

by Hasan Abo-Shally on 13th July 2020 at 10:00

A year ago we announced the general availability of advanced threat protection for Azure Storage, to help our customers better protect their data in blob containers from the growing risk of cyberattacks.

by Suren Jamiyanaa on 30th June 2020 at 08:00

We are pleased to announce several new Azure Firewall features that allow your organization to have more customization, improve security, and ease your management experience.

by Devrim Iyigun on 24th June 2020 at 11:00

Now more than ever, organizations need to reduce costs, keep up with compliance requirements, all while managing risks in this constantly evolving landscape.

by Reshmi Mangalore on 23rd June 2020 at 10:00

Securing any environment requires multiple lines of defense. Azure Container Registry recently announced general availability of features like Azure Private Link, customer-managed keys, dedicated data-endpoints and Azure Policy definitions. These features provide tools to secure Azure Container Registry as part of the container end to end workflow.

by David Burt on 18th June 2020 at 12:30

Countries around the world are placing more compliance requirements on organizations of all types, and customers want to more easily understand which compliance offerings are available in their…

by Avi Ben-Menahem on 12th May 2020 at 14:00

The Azure Security Benchmark v1 was released in January 2020 and is being used by organizations to manage their security and compliance policies for their Azure workloads.