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Azure Key Vault pros and cons

Vendor: Microsoft
4.3 out of 5
Badge Ranked 1

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PROS

Azure Key Vault offers high-level security, advanced data protection, and centralized storage for managing and protecting sensitive information.
The service seamlessly integrates with Azure services, enhancing security and infrastructure management capabilities.
Users benefit from ease of use and straightforward initial setup, allowing quick deployment and efficient key management.
It provides automated key rotation and access management, increasing security and compliance with regulatory requirements.
Azure Key Vault is highly rated for its affordability and features, contributing to enhanced security posture and management efficiency.

CONS

Azure Key Vault needs to provide dynamic secrets management and address complex integration with Thales HSM, making uploading keys less tedious.
Azure Key Vault should improve its compatibility with non-Microsoft cloud services and integration difficulties when using multiple clouds.
Azure Key Vault requires enhancements in security features and policies, including better synchronization between role-based access and key vault.
Azure Key Vault's pricing could be improved, as many users find the service to be costly for storing secrets securely.
Azure Key Vault needs more industry-specific use cases, such as HIPAA or PCI compliance, to guide users in health care and financial services.
 

Azure Key Vault Pros review quotes

SS
Associate Consultant at VXXIV Corp
Jun 7, 2020
A high level of security.
reviewer1389924 - PeerSpot reviewer
Co Founder & CTO at a manufacturing company with 1-10 employees
Jul 23, 2020
The most valuable feature is that you can retrieve user account details from the cloud.
reviewer1431321 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director of Business Intelligence at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Dec 29, 2020
The most valuable features are ease of use and enabling our clients to manage keys.
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RL
Managing Director Cybersecurity Architecture at a computer software company with 1-10 employees
Mar 20, 2021
The security on offer seems to be quite good.
RB
Founder & Principal Architect at NCompas Business Solutions Inc.
Apr 1, 2021
This solution speeds up the product development life cycle. That is, the time from the development of the product to the time to market is drastically reduced because of the CI/CD pipelines. You can have your code deployed within a matter of minutes.
it_user1580196 - PeerSpot reviewer
Owner at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
May 21, 2021
Technical support is helpful.
Rajthilak BS - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Vice President (Data Security & Protection - Confidential AI) at Standard Chartered Bank
Jun 24, 2021
The GUI was quite easy for me to use.
GM
Senior Lead Software Engineer Individual Contributor at a hospitality company with 10,001+ employees
Jul 8, 2021
The most valuable feature is the ability to store secrets securely and encrypt them. It is pretty easy and straightforward to use.
reviewer1532262 - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud Architect at a marketing services firm with 11-50 employees
Aug 17, 2021
All its features are really valuable. It's really well thought-out. It's a complete turnkey solution that has all the concerns taken care of, such as access control and management. You can use it in infrastructure as code to create key vaults, APIs, PowerShells, CLIs, even Terraform.
reviewer1498824 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Manager at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
Oct 1, 2021
The solution can scale up as needed.
 

Azure Key Vault Cons review quotes

SS
Associate Consultant at VXXIV Corp
Jun 7, 2020
Inability to access the solution on the phone.
reviewer1389924 - PeerSpot reviewer
Co Founder & CTO at a manufacturing company with 1-10 employees
Jul 23, 2020
Azure needs to provide versions of Key Vault that are suitable for different sizes of companies.
reviewer1431321 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director of Business Intelligence at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Dec 29, 2020
The initial setup could be less complex for first-time users.
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RL
Managing Director Cybersecurity Architecture at a computer software company with 1-10 employees
Mar 20, 2021
While the solution already does a great job of managing keys, the solution could probably look at maybe expanding more into mobile devices and endpoints.
RB
Founder & Principal Architect at NCompas Business Solutions Inc.
Apr 1, 2021
Azure has great documentation, but I would like to see more use cases pertaining to specific industries. For example, case studies on how to use HIPAA compliant solutions in the healthcare industry or how to use PCI compliant data analytics solutions in the financial technology industry would be helpful.
it_user1580196 - PeerSpot reviewer
Owner at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
May 21, 2021
It needs to offer dynamic secrets management.
Rajthilak BS - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Vice President (Data Security & Protection - Confidential AI) at Standard Chartered Bank
Jun 24, 2021
The integration with Thales HSM is complex and is not out-of-the-box. Uploading the keys was quite a tedious process.
GM
Senior Lead Software Engineer Individual Contributor at a hospitality company with 10,001+ employees
Jul 8, 2021
I would like more code examples.
reviewer1532262 - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud Architect at a marketing services firm with 11-50 employees
Aug 17, 2021
If you check the capabilities of other key management services across Amazon, HashiCorp, and Google, there are features that Key Vault doesn't have. It could be the case that when you use Key Vault, you might be forced to use a third-party solution to get certain services. If those services could be included in Key Vault, there would be diminished reasons to go for a third-party key management system.
reviewer1498824 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Manager at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
Oct 1, 2021
The solution does not allow you to integrate with XML parties if it is not inside Azure itself.