DATA-IN-USE PROTECTION FOR AI WORKLOADS

AI on Confidential Compute on Azure

Run the AI OS on Azure confidential computing — your data, models, and prompts stay encrypted even while in use, protected from the cloud operator and infrastructure administrators by hardware-level isolation.

Encrypted In Use

Data and models stay encrypted in memory via AMD SEV-SNP and Intel TDX — not just at rest and in transit.

Confidential GPUs

Run AI inference and training on confidential GPU VMs, with the GPU's memory protected inside the trust boundary.

Remote Attestation

Cryptographic proof a workload runs in a genuine, untampered TEE before any secret or model is released to it.

Definition

AI on confidential compute on Azure means running AI workloads inside hardware-based Trusted Execution Environments — Azure confidential VMs and GPUs built on AMD SEV-SNP and Intel TDX — so data and models stay encrypted in memory during processing, shielded even from Microsoft and privileged administrators, with remote attestation proving the environment's integrity.

Cloud encryption usually protects data at rest and in transit but leaves it exposed in memory while it is being used. Sovereign confidential computing closes that gap. Running the AI OS on Azure's confidential VMs and GPUs lets you reach hyperscale capacity for AI without surrendering confidentiality of your most sensitive data and models.

Where it fits

Confidential Compute on Azure in the Scrydon platform

One integrated, sovereign architecture. Here is where Confidential Compute on Azure sits — highlighted against the full stack it works with.

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A closer look

Confidential Compute on Azure in depth

Sovereign Foundations

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Full-stack monitoring & alerting
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The AI OS only works if it can be trusted. Every layer of the platform rests on a zero-trust infrastructure and identity foundation that operates consistently from fully air-gapped on-premises deployments through to hyperscale cloud environments. Sovereignty is not a feature added on top — it is the condition under which everything else operates.

  • Zero-trust architecture: Continuous verification for every request, every user, and every workload — no implicit trust, even inside the perimeter.
  • Federated identity: Seamless integration with your existing IdP (SAML, OAuth 2.0, OIDC) for unified, policy-enforced access control.
  • Air-gapped deployment: Run the complete platform with no external network dependencies — ideal for defence, critical national infrastructure, and classified workloads.
  • Confidential computing: Hardware-level encryption of data in use via AMD SEV-SNP and Intel SGX, protecting workloads even from infrastructure administrators.

Deployment Options: From Air-gapped to Cloud

HOW IT WORKS

AI workloads inside a Trusted Execution Environment

The AI OS deploys onto Azure confidential computing so that the entire AI workload — data, model weights, and prompts — is processed inside hardware-isolated enclaves. Keys and secrets are released only after the environment proves its integrity through attestation.

  • Confidential VMsHardware-isolated VMs on AMD SEV-SNP and Intel TDX keep memory encrypted during execution.

  • Confidential GPUsGPU-accelerated inference and training with the accelerator inside the confidential trust boundary.

  • Remote attestationAzure Attestation verifies the TEE before secrets, keys, or models are provisioned.

  • Sovereign key managementYou hold the keys; Microsoft and administrators cannot read data in use.

WHY AZURE

Hyperscale capacity without surrendering confidentiality

Regulated and sovereignty-conscious organisations often need cloud-scale AI but cannot expose sensitive data to the cloud operator. Confidential computing on Azure resolves the tension: you get hyperscale elasticity and GPU availability while the data and models remain cryptographically protected from the platform itself — the same zero-trust posture the AI OS applies everywhere else.

THE DIFFERENCE

Microsoft Fabric, Databricks, and Foundry do not run on confidential compute. Our solution does.

The mainstream Azure analytics and AI platforms — Microsoft Fabric, Databricks, and Azure AI Foundry — process your data in standard, non-confidential compute, leaving it exposed in memory to the cloud operator while in use. The AI OS runs the same class of analytics and AI workloads inside hardware Trusted Execution Environments, so your data, models, and prompts stay encrypted in use and out of reach of Microsoft and privileged administrators.

  • Fabric, Databricks, FoundryRun on standard compute — data is decrypted in memory and visible to the platform while being processed.

  • The AI OSRuns on Azure confidential VMs and GPUs — data and models stay encrypted in use, protected from the cloud operator by hardware isolation.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

How can I run AI and data on Azure Confidential Compute?+
Deploy the AI OS onto Azure confidential computing: your AI and data workloads run inside hardware Trusted Execution Environments — confidential VMs and GPUs on AMD SEV-SNP and Intel TDX — so data, models, and prompts stay encrypted in memory while being processed. Remote attestation verifies the environment before any key, secret, or model is released, and you hold the keys, so neither Microsoft nor administrators can read your data in use. In practice you get hyperscale AI and analytics on Azure while keeping the same encrypted-in-use, sovereign posture the AI OS applies everywhere.
Do Microsoft Fabric, Databricks, and Azure AI Foundry run on confidential compute?+
No. Microsoft Fabric, Databricks, and Azure AI Foundry process data in standard, non-confidential compute, so your data is decrypted in memory and exposed to the cloud operator while in use. The AI OS is different: it runs the same class of analytics and AI workloads on Azure confidential VMs and GPUs, keeping data, models, and prompts encrypted in use and out of reach of Microsoft and privileged administrators.
What is confidential computing on Azure?+
Confidential computing on Azure runs workloads inside hardware Trusted Execution Environments — confidential VMs on AMD SEV-SNP and Intel TDX, plus confidential GPUs — so data stays encrypted in memory during processing and is protected even from Microsoft and privileged administrators.
Can AI workloads use confidential GPUs on Azure?+
Yes. Azure offers confidential GPU VMs that extend the hardware trust boundary to the accelerator, so AI inference and training run with model weights and data protected in use — not only on the CPU.
Is data protected from Microsoft and cloud administrators?+
Yes. With confidential computing, memory is encrypted by the CPU/GPU hardware and keys are controlled by you. Cloud operators and infrastructure administrators cannot read the data or models while they are being processed.
What is remote attestation?+
Remote attestation is cryptographic proof that a workload is running in a genuine, unmodified Trusted Execution Environment. The AI OS uses it to ensure secrets, keys, and models are only released to an environment whose integrity has been verified.
Why run sovereign AI on a hyperscaler at all?+
Confidential computing lets you use hyperscale capacity and GPU availability while keeping data and models cryptographically protected from the cloud platform — combining cloud scale with the confidentiality regulated and sovereignty-conscious organisations require.

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