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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, ...

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 ...

Data represents the lifeblood of any organization. With the right information, companies can improve customer satisfaction, increase the efficiencies of their supply chain, identify market trends and ...

With database breaches on the rise and auditors getting tougher about data protection practices, the pressure on organizations to encrypt sensitive databases has picked up steam considerably over the ...

The latest version of the MySQL database variant has table-level encryption, courtesy of Google, but it won't guard against the most common database attacks MariaDB, the binary-compatible fork of ...

When I was a young man—a long, long time ago now—I worked as an Oracle DBA (Oracle version 6, if you must know). I remember my astonishment at finding out that information in the database was stored ...