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 ...

Microsoft on Monday revealed that hospitals and other IT shops should expect the next generation of its database to be available on June 1. Dubbed SQL Server 2016, the forthcoming iteration brings a ...

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 ...

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 ...

“SQL Database protects this database encryption key with a service-managed certificate,” he said. Certificates are automatically rotated at least every 90 days, according Microsoft’s online ...

Third-party column-level database encryption solutions can protect columns across heterogeneous database environments that may include databases platforms like DB2, Sybase, SQL Server, and Oracle ...

Figure 3. Here a SQL Server with a certificate installed is configured to force protocol encryption and is now doing so over TCP/IP sockets. Can you see the data? (Click image to view larger version.) ...

Database encryption protects sensitive information by scrambling the data when it’s stored, or, as it has become popular to say, “is at rest.” There are several methods to generate and apply ...

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 5, 2023 — As enterprises continue to embrace cloud solutions, the challenges surrounding data security have come to the forefront. Vaultree, a cybersecurity industry leader in ...