Security whitepaper

ApsaraDB RDS for SQL Server provides multiple layers of security hardening to protect your data at the network, storage, and disaster recovery levels.

ApsaraDB RDS runs on the Apsara distributed system and uses high-performance all-SSD storage. It supports the MySQL, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and MariaDB engines. By default, ApsaraDB RDS uses a primary/secondary architecture and provides a complete set of solutions for disaster recovery, backup, recovery, monitoring, and migration to simplify database O&M.

ApsaraDB RDS for SQL Server offers the following security hardening features to protect your data:

Network: IP address whitelists and security groups, virtual private cloud (VPC), and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption.
Storage: Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) and automatic data backup.
Disaster recovery: Multi-zone disaster recovery (multi-AZ instances) and ApsaraDB RDS for SQL Server remote disaster recovery.