Transparent data encryption

Unplug/Plug PDB in TDE Environment

By Mouhamadou Diaw In an oracle environment with Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) the transfer of PDB may require additional steps. In this blog we will see some steps which may be required when doing Unplug(…)

Transparent Data Encryption – Certificate in master database: is it really a good practice?

As encryption solution in SQL Server, Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) is simple and quick to set up. That's why this is a common encryption mechanism. TDE encrypts data with a certificate at the page level, before SQL Server writes on(…)

DataGuard and Transparent Data Encryption

By Mouhamadou Diaw Setting up a DatagGard environment for a database with Transparent Data Encryption requires some tasks concerning the encryption keys. Otherwise the steps are the same than for an environment without TDE. In this blog we will(…)

Transparent data encryption, key management and backup strategies

Transparent Data Encryption requires the creation of a database key encryption. The database key is a part of the hierarchy of SQL Server encryption tree with at the top of the tree the DPAPI. Then if we traverse the(…)