How deeply does Microsoft Azure in Action cover encryption?

Explains transparent AES-256 storage encryption and TLS/SSL in transit, then demonstrates setting an Azure SQL minimum TLS version.

Encryption

As explained in Microsoft Azure in Action

Encryption is the transformation of data into an encoded form that requires a key or equivalent secret to recover the original content.

Encryption transforms data into an encoded form that requires a key or equivalent secret to recover. Azure Storage encrypts and decrypts account data transparently with 256-bit AES at no extra cost; the encryption meets FIPS 140-2 requirements. section 9.3

Data can also be exposed while moving between a database and client applications. Azure SQL enforces SSL for connections; TLS/SSL encryption helps guard transmissions against interception. A minimum TLS version can be set, balancing stronger connection requirements against support for older clients. section 10.6.3

C:/> az sql server update --name BanningBooksServer 
--resource-group BanningRG --minimal-tls-version TLS1_2

Set an Azure SQL server's minimum TLS version to 1.2 with Azure CLI. This is identified as the recommended standard at the time described; older clients may require a lower version. section 10.6.3

Encryption is one layer in a broader defense-in-depth approach to protecting data, alongside secure hardware and access policies. section 6.1.1

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Related concepts

ciphertextproduces · Ciphertext is data produced by encryption whose original content is intended to be unreadable without the required decryption capability.
Base64contrasts with · Base64 is a binary-to-text encoding scheme that represents arbitrary bytes using a fixed 64-character alphabet and provides no confidentiality.
plaintextproduces · Plaintext is information in a directly readable, unencrypted form rather than a cryptographically encoded form.
hash functioncontrasts with · A hash function deterministically maps input data to a value in a bounded output range, commonly for indexing, lookup, comparison, or integrity checking.
homomorphic encryptionincludes · Homomorphic encryption is encryption that permits specified computations on ciphertexts whose decrypted results correspond to computations on the underlying plaintexts.
symmetric key encryptionincludes · Symmetric-key encryption is cryptography that uses the same shared secret key, or equivalent derived key material, to encrypt and decrypt data.

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