Security overview
Security is a broad subject that covers several aspects of application, identity, and data protection. When thinking about security for cloud data environments, in general, there are five main pillars to consider:
- Data encryption at rest and at transit: Protecting your data as it is stored on disk and while it is transferred over the network
- How users authenticate: Providing an identity solution to authenticate users
- How user access is determined: Controlling who gets access to what data, and their access level
- How to protect access to public endpoints: Isolating your environment from other applications and protecting it from unwanted access over the internet
- How to prevent online threats: Monitoring and responding to security threats
We will cover each of those pillars in detail but in the context of Azure Synapse workspaces and Data Explorer pools. Remember that Azure Synapse is a unified analytics platform that brings together several...