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 ...

A friend of mine was wondering why cell-level encryption isn't used often in databases. What would seem to be a fast and efficient approach to data security actually requires a complex implementation.

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, ...

In today's digital landscape, data is an organization's most precious asset. A robust database must not only harness this data effectively but also safeguard it against increasingly sophisticated ...

The new Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) feature will be shipped along with the company’s enterprise version of its database. Relational database provider EnterpriseDB on Tuesday said that it was ...

With block level encryption, TDE prevents unauthorized data access to Postgres data, write-ahead logging (WAL), and temporary files. This data is encrypted on disk, making it unreadable by system ...