We are planning to host the REDCap server on the Azure and Storing of a backup Data, We need to know about required Infrastructure needed to setup this and other security & privacy features as we are collecting sensitive data from the participants.

Question

We are planning to host a REDCap server on Azure to collect and manage sensitive health data from research participants.

Could you please guide us on:

The recommended infrastructure setup for hosting REDCap (VM specs, storage, database).

How to configure secure backups of both the application and database.

1. What security and privacy features (e.g., encryption, access control, compliance tools) we should enable to ensure data protection and meet ethical and legal standards (like GDPR, DPDP).

Any Azure-native services recommended for monitoring, threat protection, and long-term retention of sensitive data.

We want to ensure our setup meets both performance and compliance requirements. Thanks in advance!