Commentary - Data encryption has become a necessary component to most enterprise data security strategies. Enterprises can no longer rely on basic authentication and access control tools to protect ...

Hyperconscious of the cloud’s need to appear secure by design, Microsoft announced new encryption and data-protection features today for Azure SQL Database. Microsoft not only wants to encrypt data at ...

[The following is excerpted from "Choosing and Implementing an Enterprise Database Encryption Strategy," a new report posted this week on Dark Reading's Database Security Tech Center.] A lot of ...

Data breaches and exposures have become so common these days, it's difficult to keep track of them all, much less step back to mull a solution. But, perhaps out of necessity, researchers from the ...

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 ...

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 ...