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Published inNov 2021
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David Okeyode
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David is the EMEA Azure CTO at Palo Alto Networks. Before that, he was an independent consultant helping companies secure their Azure environments through private expert level trainings and assessments. He has authored two books on Azure security - "Penetration Testing Azure for Ethical Hackers" and "Microsoft Azure Security Technologies Certification and Beyond. He has also authored multiple cloud computing courses for popular platforms like LinkedIn Learning. He holds over 15 cloud certifications and has over a decade of experience in Cybersecurity (consultancy, design, implementation). David is married to a lovely girl who makes the best banana cake in the world. They love travelling the world together!
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Implementing encryption at rest

Anytime the topic of storage security comes up, a common concern for organizations is ensuring that data is encrypted at rest and in transit. In many cases, this is a mandatory measure required for compliance with industry and government regulations such as PCI, HIPAA, and FedRAMP.

The great thing about Azure Storage is that encryption at rest is automatic and enabled by default for all services, including Blob and Files. This encryption is powered by a feature called Storage Service Encryption (SSE). This feature is also referred to as service-level encryption. SSE is enabled for all new and existing storage accounts at no additional cost and cannot be disabled.

SSE ensures that data written to any Azure Storage service is encrypted with a 256-bit Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) cipher, which is one of the strongest block ciphers available. The process transparently decrypts data that is read from Azure Storage before returning it to a client...

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David Okeyode

David is the EMEA Azure CTO at Palo Alto Networks. Before that, he was an independent consultant helping companies secure their Azure environments through private expert level trainings and assessments. He has authored two books on Azure security - "Penetration Testing Azure for Ethical Hackers" and "Microsoft Azure Security Technologies Certification and Beyond. He has also authored multiple cloud computing courses for popular platforms like LinkedIn Learning. He holds over 15 cloud certifications and has over a decade of experience in Cybersecurity (consultancy, design, implementation). David is married to a lovely girl who makes the best banana cake in the world. They love travelling the world together!
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