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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. Source…
With massive workforces now remote, IT admins and security professionals are under increased pressure to keep everyone productive and connected while combatting evolving threats. Source…
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. Source…
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. Source…
Now more than ever, organizations need to reduce costs, keep up with compliance requirements, all while managing risks in this constantly evolving landscape. Source…
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… Source…
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. Source…
Starting today, customers of Azure Front Door (AFD) can take advantage of new rules to further customize their AFD behavior to best meet the needs of their customers. Source…
At Microsoft Ignite 2019, we announced the preview of more than 15 new features. This blog provides an update for the features that are now generally available to our customers. As the world comes together to combat COVID-19, and remote work becomes a critical capability for many companies, it’s extremely important to maintain the security …
Azure Security Center's threat protection enables you to detect and prevent threats across a wide variety of services from Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) layer to Platform as a Service (PaaS) resources in Azure, such as IoT, App Service, and on-premises virtual machines. At Ignite 2019 we announced new threat protection capabilities to counter sophisticated threats …