You are a cloud security engineer responsible for securing data and applications in a Microsoft Azure environment. Your organization plans to migrate a business-critical application to Azure, and you need to design a secure data protection strategy. a) Outline the key factors you would consider when selecting an appropriate encryption mechanism for data protection in Azure. Discuss
Scenario:
You are a cloud security engineer responsible for securing data and applications in a Microsoft Azure environment. Your
organization plans to migrate a business-critical application to Azure, and you need to design a secure data protection
strategy.
a) Outline the key factors you would consider when selecting an appropriate encryption
in Azure. Discuss the advantages of using Azure Key Vault and Azure Disk Encryption in this scenario. Justify your choices
based on security principles.
b) Given the sensitive nature of the data, describe the steps you would take to configure and enable encryption at rest for
Azure SQL
additional security measures you would implement.
As a cloud security engineer, it is imperative to employ the suitable encryption mechanism for safeguarding sensitive data in an Azure environment. By leveraging a suitable encryption mechanism, we can augment the security of cloud-stored data by preventing unauthorised access to the encrypted data, even in the event of circumventing other Azure security controls by adversaries.
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