Security concepts

Azure offers a number of built-in and optional security features that help you build a more secure environment. There are a number of options, including network security groups, disk encryption, and key management, that help you ensure your security. Azure is the most compliant database for your SQL installations. You can read more about this here13.

Let's examine the specific security features Azure provides:

• Azure Security Center (ASC) is your centralized security management system in Azure that provides advanced threat protection for your hybrid workloads in the cloud. Using ASC, you can configure security policies for your VMs, detect threats to your VMs and SQL databases via real-time alerts, and mitigate them using ASC's recommendations.
• Advanced data security for SQL Server on Azure VMs is another Azure-specific security feature. It integrates with ASC and enables the detection and mitigation of potential database vulnerabilities and...