As of today, Microsoft has a few different ways of encrypting Azure data.   The options for Azure Data Encryption on servers include Storage Service Encryption and Azure Disk Encryption.  Below is a quick summery of each.

Storage Service Encryption (SSE)

This is at the storage account level and encrypts data at rest.  Encryption takes place as the data is written to storage and decrypted when it’s read. Continue reading “Azure Data Encryption” →