Transparent Data Encryption is easy but has its trade-offs SQL Server 2008 introduced a great new feature called TDE, Transparent Data Encryption. It allowed a database to be completely encrypted ...

Credit card information in your business's database is much more secure if you encrypt it. If you store this information as plain text, unscrupulous users can easily steal the data either through ...

Microsoft announced a lot of Azure SQL news at Ignite this month, but few as critical to application development security than the public preview of Always Encrypted with secure enclaves. Here's how ...

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 ...

Do you feel confident about the security of your database environment? Because databases may contain sensitive or regulated information, critical applications or stored functions, ensuring database ...

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I was looking a Red-Gate's SQL Backup program and was rather interested in the encryption options that the PRO version offered. It claims up to 256 bit encryption, but I was wondering how "secure" ...

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 ...