Chapter 6: Data Security
Like everything else, data in the cloud must be treated differently from data in on-premises environments. As data is leaving our local environment and is usually accessible over the internet, we need to be extra careful. We have already mentioned that all data is encrypted at rest, and most communication goes over Hypertext Transfer Protocol over Secure Socket Layer (HTTPS) and is encrypted on the move as well. However, there are multiple steps that we can take to ensure additional security and satisfy compliance and different security requirements.
In this chapter, we will be using Azure Key Vault extensively. We've seen how Azure Key Vault can be used for secrets and password management, but we will also see how it can be used to increase data security as well.
We will cover the following topics in this chapter:
- Understanding Azure Storage
- Understanding Azure virtual machine disks
- Working on Azure SQL Database
