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Azure Disk Encryption(ADE) vs Storage Side Encryption(SSE)
Wanted to pick everyone's brain on Azure Disk Encryption(ADE) vs Storage Side Encryption(SSE). ADE vs SSE is a burning topic at work for me right now as we are trying to define what our standards sh...
There is an awesome video covering this topic
https://youtu.be/EOXgzTqceok?t=925
In short:
SSE is better and newer than ADE
(with some minor exceptions like cache & data in transit encryption)
The new best practice is called host-based encryption. Still in preview as of writing
( https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/disks-enable-host-based-encryption-portal )
The missing link! Awesome info, many thanks!