Azure Confidential Ledger is Microsoft's latest offering for storing sensitive data
May 25, 2021 11:00 EDT
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Although Microsoft had a lot of developer-oriented announcements at its Build conference this year, another important aspect was security and identity, especially on the cloud. To that end, the company has revealed several new technologies and enhancements that simplify these processes.
First up is Azure Confidential Ledger (ACL) which is a new managed service currently in preview. Apart from it being tamper-proof, Microsoft claims that it is the only ledger on the market which is powered by confidential computing through a Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) to protect data in use. The company recommends it for collaborative low-trust environments where ACL guarantees tamper-proofing, write once, ready many (WORM) capabilities, and logs to validate that no tampering has occurred.