Commentary - Data encryption has become a necessary component to most enterprise data security strategies. Enterprises can no longer rely on basic authentication and access control tools to protect ...

Data encryption performs two purposes: it protects data against internal prying eyes, and it protects data against external threats (hacking, theft of backup tapes, etc.) Encryption in the database ...

Column-level (or “cell-level”) encryption was introduced with SQL Server 2005. We can encrypt individual columns that are sensitive in nature. The trade-off here is that we need to change our database ...

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DbEncrypt allows you to apply column-level encryption in your SQL Server database and assign view permissions to different users. Whether for obscuring credit card numbers, social security numbers, ...

Across most database types, in-use encryption is a sticking point when it comes to security and scalability. In-transit and at-rest data encryption are becoming table stakes for most large modern ...

A rule to live by with sensitive data is that at some point, your server will be compromised. With that in mind, it’s a good idea to protect your data, and more importantly your customer’s data, from ...

Let’s say there was a bank that locked the front door at night but left all its money sitting out on a table instead of securing it in the vault. That would be incredibly stupid — an invitation for ...

A team of Microsoft researchers led by Seny Kamara claims to have been successful at recovering a substantial amount of data from health records stored in CryptDB (PDF), a database technology that ...

Data encryption performs two purposes: it protects data against internal prying eyes, and it protects data against external threats (hacking, theft of backup tapes, etc.) Encryption in the database ...