Definition: Azure Key Vault is a managed cloud service for securely storing and tightly controlling access to secrets, cryptographic keys and TLS/SSL certificates, backed by hardware security modules (HSMs), removing the need to provision, patch or maintain dedicated HSM infrastructure. Source: Microsoft Azure Last modification: 2026-07-02 Identifier: http://data.europa.eu/dr8/AzureKeyVault LOST view: Technical view – Infrastructure EIRA concept: eira:SolutionBuildingBlock ABB name: eira:AzureKeyVault Synonym: Azure Key vaults Example: An organisation centralises TLS certificates, database connection secrets and encryption keys . Interoperability Saliency: Salient for technical interoperability because it standardises how secrets, keys and certificates are stored, distributed and access-controlled. Interoperability Dimension: Structural IoP Additional identifier: http://data.europa.eu/dr8/AzureKeyVault EIF Layer: TechnicalInfrastructure