All data encryption is created equal Three types of database encryption are typically considered: column-level, tablespace or database level, and file-level.

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 ...

Database encryption protects sensitive information by scrambling the data when it's stored, or as it has become popular to say, "is at rest." ...

Prior to SQL Server 2016, currently in CTP, your main method for encrypting a SQL Server application was to use a feature called Transparent Data Encryption. TDE provides strong encryption, but with ...

Starting with SQL Server 2005, Microsoft allowed us to use column-level encryption natively within the database engine.

So I propose a regulation that any company or government agency with a database containing more than 10,000 names be required to encrypt all stored data. If that’s inconvenient, boo-hoo.

MongoDB 4.2's implementation of Field Level Encryption is a different and more comprehensive approach than column encryption used in legacy, relational databases.

MS researchers claim to crack encrypted database with old simple trick CryptDB developer says researchers were using database in way no one else would.