The Microsoft Windows Key Management Licensing Service MKMS has been migrated to Azure to leverage technologies such as Azure Confidential Computing ACC and Managed Hardware Security Modules mHSM. ACCs main benefit is Trusted Execution Environments TEEs which create secure, isolated enclaves within the processor where data is encrypted while being processed. As for mHSMs, these are physical, hardened devices that generate, store, and protect cryptographic keys. They are highly resistant to...
