Core tenets of Security, Privacy and Compliance

Core Tenets of Security, Privacy and Compliance

Azure: Trusted Cloud

• Security

• Privacy

• Compliance

• Resiliency

• Intellectual Property (IP) protection

Security

• Azure is built with security in mind

• Azure delivers tools and technologies to help organizations protect applications and data

• Azure uses encryption

• Azure offers advanced tools to detect and defend against security threats

Privacy

• You own all your data in Azure

• MSFT will not mine your data or use it for marketing

• You control where the data is located and who has access

• You can access your own data at any time for any reason

• MSFT follows a specific policy for government and law enforcement request

• MSFT follows a specific policy to remove data if you discontinue using their service

Compliance

• MSFT follows international standards and helps customers to follow those standards too if they wish

• Azure has more then 90 compliance certifications

• Azure follows more then 50 regional standards

• Azure can help with standards in more then 35 industries like health care, government, finance, etc

Reliability and Resiliency

• High availability

• Disaster recovery

• Backup

Protecting IP

• You can build your solutions on top of Azure's products and services

• Azure offers specific protections against frivolous infringement claims

• Azure IP Advantage and Shared Innovation Initiative