Azure Disk Encryption Public Preview Available Now

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Azure Disk Encryption is a new Azure feature that you can use to encrypt your Windows and Linux IaaS VM disks. It uses BitLocker  and the DM-Crypt feature of Linux to provide OS and data disk encryption to help protect your data and it integrated with Azure Key Vault for managing the desk encryption keys. Read more here:

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/azuresecurity/archive/2015/11/17/azure-disk-encryption-for-linux-and-windows-virtual-machines-public-preview.aspx

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Debra Littlejohn Shinder is a technology and security analyst and author specializing in identity, security and cybercrime, utilizing her past experience as a police officer and police academy/criminal justice instructor. She has written numerous books and articles for web and print publications and has been awarded the Microsoft MVP designation for fourteen years in a row.

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