Strengthen your security posture with Azure
Reduce costs and complexity with a highly secure cloud foundation managed by Microsoft. Use multilayered, built-in security controls and unique threat intelligence from Azure to help identify and protect against rapidly evolving threats.
Start with a secure foundation
Take advantage of multi-layered security provided by Microsoft across physical datacenters, infrastructure, and operations in Azure. Gain from the state-of-art security delivered in Azure data centers globally. Rely on a cloud that is built with customized hardware, has security controls integrated into the hardware and firmware components, and added protections against threats such as DDoS. Benefit from a team of more than 3,500 global cybersecurity experts that work together to help safeguard your business assets and data in Azure.
Simplify security with built-in controls
Protect your workloads quickly with built-in controls and services in Azure across identity, data, networking, and apps. Get continuous protection with deeper insights from Microsoft Defender for Cloud. Extend protections to hybrid environments and easily integrate partner solutions in Azure. Find out more about security best practices in the following links:
Detect threats early with unique intelligence
Identify new threats and respond quickly with services that are informed by real-time global cybersecurity intelligence delivered at cloud scale. These actionable insights are developed by analyzing vast sources including 18 billion Bing web pages, 400 billion emails, 1 billion Windows device updates, and 450 billion monthly authentications. Using machine learning, behavioral analytics, and application-based intelligence, Microsoft data scientists analyze the flood of data in the Microsoft Intelligent Security Graph. The resulting insights inform services in Azure and help you detect threats faster.
Microsoft Intelligent Security Graph API
See how customers are achieving more with Azure security
Food company secures data in a hybrid cloud
"Microsoft has a great commitment to the problems of the enterprise. The security built into Azure is huge for us and ensures the safety of our data wherever it is."
Julia Anderson, Global Chief Information Officer
Global company relies on the cloud for sharing sensitive data
"Building with the additional layer of Azure security, we feel we have a far better security posture than we could provide ourselves."
Thomas Fredell, Chief Product Officer
Software provider chooses Microsoft cloud security
"From a security point of view, I think Azure is a demonstrably more secure environment than most banks' datacenters."
John Schlesinger, Chief Enterprise Architect, Temenos
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Azure DDoS Protection
Protect your Azure resources from distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks
Key Vault
Safeguard and maintain control of keys and other secrets
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