Azure Confidential Computing
Protect your data while it's in use.
Overview
Azure Confidential Computing encrypts and isolates data while it is being processed in the cloud. It provides a hardware-based trusted execution environment (TEE), also known as an enclave, that protects your data from being accessed by the cloud provider, administrators, or other tenants. This allows you to process sensitive data in the cloud with confidence.
✨ Key Features
- Data protection in use
- Hardware-based trusted execution environments (TEEs)
- Support for various TEE technologies (e.g., Intel SGX, AMD SEV-SNP)
- Confidential virtual machines and containers
- Attestation services to verify the integrity of the TEE
🎯 Key Differentiators
- Broad portfolio of confidential computing services
- Support for both Intel SGX and AMD SEV-SNP
- Integration with other Azure services
Unique Value: Enables you to protect your data even while it is being processed in the cloud, unlocking new scenarios for sensitive data workloads.
🎯 Use Cases (4)
✅ Best For
- Running a confidential data analytics workload on a consortium of banks
- Protecting a proprietary machine learning model while it is being trained in the cloud
- Securing a confidential database in Azure SQL
💡 Check With Vendor
Verify these considerations match your specific requirements:
- Workloads that do not process sensitive data and do not require protection in use
🏆 Alternatives
Offers a comprehensive and integrated set of confidential computing capabilities on the Azure platform.
💻 Platforms
🔌 Integrations
🛟 Support Options
- ✓ Email Support
- ✓ Live Chat
- ✓ Phone Support
- ✓ Dedicated Support (Azure Support Plans tier)
🔒 Compliance & Security
💰 Pricing
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