Microsoft introduced transparent data encryption (TDE) when it released SQL Server 2008, adding full database encryption rather than the limited cell-based encryption that debuted in SQL Server ...

Data encryption in SQL Server 2005 can be done either by using password mechanism or by making use of keys and certificates. In this article, we will look at both mechanisms for data encryption ...

Storing the data encryption keys in Porticor's key management service, Porticor's MS SQL Server plugin is a small installable package that can be added to a running SQL Server database with ...

If we think back to database encryption in SQL Server, until Always Encrypted was introduced, anyone who was a system administrator had access to the encryption keys, allowing them to view ...

At Microsoft TechEd 2004 in San Diego, Microsoft provided further details on its upcoming database release now known as SQL Server 2005 (formerly code-named “Yukon”). The software will natively ...

The newly announced native database encryption in SQL Server 2005 is a win for customers, but it doesn't necessarily make Oracle and IBM the 'Hyundais' of encryption.

1/ In SQL server 2008, there is a new whole database encryption option (TDE). I suspect that using this option will make the backups incompatible with SQL 2005.

Oracle, for instance, has selective data-encryption features, and Transparent Data Encryption is available in SQL Server 2008 edition and higher.

We are currently tracking an issue with Sharepoint and use of the SQL Server "Force Encryption" option. In our case, Sharepoint 2007 with SQL Server 2008 R2. The results are pretty consistent.