Azure Backup: Encryption at rest using customer-managed keys is now generally available

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Published

Jan 18, 2021

Status

Launched

Timeline

  • January 2021
    General Availability

Product

Azure Backup

Tag

Features
Management

Category

Management and governance
Storage

Description

Support for encryption at rest using customer-managed keys is now generally available. This gives you the ability to encrypt the backup data in your Recovery Services vaults using your own keys stored in Azure Key Vault. The encryption key used for encrypting backups in the Recovery Services vault may be different from the ones used for encrypting the source. The data is protected using an AES 256 based data encryption key (DEK), which is, in turn, protected using your keys stored in the Key Vault. Compared to encryption using platform-managed keys (which is available by default), this gives you more control over your keys and can help you better meet your compliance needs.

For more details, please refer to the documentation.