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 ...

This post will explore how this was done, look at how SQL Server encryption works, introduce some new methods of brute-forcing database encryption keys, and show a mistake in ManageEngine’s ...

Increasing concerns over security breaches from external and internal threats, regulatory compliance requirements from HIPAA, the HITECH Act, PCI DSS, and other mandates, plus the migration from ...

Change data capture Replication, Change Tracking, Change Data Capture, and Always On Availability Groups (SQL Server) Change tracking Replication, Change Tracking, Change Data Capture, and Always On ...

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A team of Microsoft researchers led by Seny Kamara claims to have been successful at recovering a substantial amount of data from health records stored in CryptDB (PDF), a database technology that ...