Azure Cloud HSM Hardware Audit Logging: Verifiable audit trails for security and compliance

By Dustin Ward

Organizations running regulated and security-sensitive workloads need trusted evidence of which authenticated users performed management operations on their hardware security modules (HSMs), what actions they took, and when. Today, we are announcing Hardware Audit Logging for Azure Cloud HSM, which collects audit records generated by the HSM itself for supported management operations. Security, compliance, and…

Advancing digital sovereignty with greater control and choice

By Dustin Ward

Across my conversations with leaders in government, critical infrastructure and regulated industries, one priority consistently rises to the top: putting technology to work on their most important systems while maintaining the control those systems require. This challenge is becoming more important as advanced cloud and AI capabilities move into public services, regulated processes and essential…

Designing for sovereign AI: A shared foundation from edge to cloud

By Dustin Ward

As organizations apply AI to more business-critical and data-intensive workloads, AI processing is moving closer to where data is created, decisions are made, and operations take place. Manufacturers can analyze confidential production data next to the systems that generate it. Pharmaceutical companies can apply AI to clinical trials within controlled environments. Government agencies can run…

SQL Server on Azure Local is now generally available

By Dustin Ward

Some of the world’s most critical databases run in places where cloud connectivity cannot be assumed. A remote industrial site, for example, may need production systems to continue operating when external connectivity is unavailable. A regulated organization may need sensitive data and processing to remain within sovereign boundaries. Today, SQL Server on Azure Local is…