Zero Trust is a security strategy comprising three principles: "Verify explicitly", "Use least privilege access", and "Assume breach". Data protection, including key management, supports the "use least privilege access" principle. For more information, see What is Zero Trust?
In Azure, encryption keys can be either platform managed or customer managed.
Platform-managed keys (PMKs) are encryption keys generated, stored, and managed entirely by Azure. Customers do not interact with PMKs. The keys used for Azure Data Encryption-at-Rest, for instance, are PMKs by default.
Customer-managed keys (CMK), on the other hand, are keys read, created, deleted, updated, and/or administered by one or more customers. Keys stored in a customer-owned key vault or hardware security module (HSM) are CMKs. Bring Your Own Key (BYOK) is a CMK scenario in which a customer imports (brings) keys from an outside storage location into an Azure key management service (see the Azure Key Vault: Bring your own key specification).
A specific type of customer-managed key is the "key encryption key" (KEK). A KEK is a primary key that controls access to one or more encryption keys that are themselves encrypted.
Customer-managed keys can be stored on-premises or, more commonly, in a cloud key management service.
Azure key management services
Azure offers several options for storing and managing your keys in the cloud, including Azure Key Vault, Azure Managed HSM, Azure Dedicated HSM, and Azure Payment HSM. These options differ in terms of their FIPS compliance level, management overhead, and intended applications.
The Azure Key Vault Standard and Premium tiers are billed on a transactional basis, with an additional monthly per-key charge for premium hardware-backed keys. Managed HSM, Dedicated HSM, and Payments HSM don't charge on a transactional basis; instead they are always-in-use devices that are billed at a fixed hourly rate. For detailed pricing information, see Key Vault pricing, Dedicated HSM pricing, and Payment HSM pricing.
Service Limits
Managed HSM, Dedicated HSM, and Payments HSM offer dedicated capacity. Key Vault Standard and Premium are multi-tenant offerings and have throttling limits. For service limits, see Key Vault service limits.
Encryption-At-Rest
Azure Key Vault and Azure Key Vault Managed HSM have integrations with Azure Services and Microsoft 365 for Customer Managed Keys, meaning customers may use their own keys in Azure Key Vault and Azure Key Managed HSM for encryption-at-rest of data stored in these services. Dedicated HSM and Payments HSM are Infrastructure-as-Service offerings and do not offer integrations with Azure Services. For an overview of encryption-at-rest with Azure Key Vault and Managed HSM, see Azure Data Encryption-at-Rest.
APIs
Dedicated HSM and Payments HSM support the PKCS#11, JCE/JCA, and KSP/CNG APIs, but Azure Key Vault and Managed HSM do not. Azure Key Vault and Managed HSM use the Azure Key Vault REST API and offer SDK support. For more information on the Azure Key Vault API, see Azure Key Vault REST API Reference.
The keys used for Azure Data Encryption-at-Rest, for instance, are PMKs by default. Customer-managed keys (CMK), on the other hand, are keys read, created, deleted, updated, and/or administered by one or more customers. Keys stored in a customer-owned key vault or hardware security module (HSM) are CMKs.
Azure Key Vault is one of several key management solutions in Azure, and helps solve the following problems: Secrets Management - Azure Key Vault can be used to Securely store and tightly control access to tokens, passwords, certificates, API keys, and other secrets.
Azure Key Vault is a cloud service for securely storing and accessing secrets. A secret is anything that you want to tightly control access to, such as API keys, passwords, certificates, or cryptographic keys. Key Vault service supports two types of containers: vaults and managed hardware security module(HSM) pools.
Key Management is the process of putting certain standards in place to ensure the security of cryptographic keys in an organization. Key Management deal with the creation, exchange, storage, deletion, and refreshing of keys. They also deal with the members access of the keys.
In the Azure portal, go to your storage account.Under Security + networking, select Access keys. Your account access keys appear, as well as the complete connection string for each key. Select Show keys to show your access keys and connection strings and to enable buttons to copy the values.
Definitions: A system for the management of cryptographic keys and their metadata (e.g., generation, distribution, storage, backup, archive, recovery, use, revocation, and destruction). An automated key management system may be used to oversee, automate, and secure the key management process.
The purpose of the key management is the key of the production, storage, distribution, update, control and destroyed in the process of the whole life cycle to ensure the safety of the key.
Key management refers to the process of handling cryptographic keys throughout their lifecycle. This includes their creation, distribution, storage, rotation, and deletion.
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Azure offers multiple solutions for cryptographic key storage and management in the cloud: Azure Key Vault (standard and premium offerings), Azure Managed HSM, Azure Dedicated HSM, and Azure Payment HSM.
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Azure Key Vault is a cloud service that provides a secure store for secrets. You can securely store keys, passwords, certificates, and other secrets. Azure key vaults may be created and managed through the Azure portal. In this quickstart, you create a key vault, then use it to store a secret.
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