By admin on March 1, 2010
// For those who wish to enhance or fortify the security of the MySQL installation the following technical 10 steps are a good start. Step 1: Run MySQL in a chroot jail Chroot creates a new root directory structure for an application and restricts the files it can access within the operating system. If your [...]
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By admin on February 26, 2010
Good practice for one! Having your company on the news because your customer’s data has been compromised is never a good thing. Enterprises also typically employ TDE to solve “at rest” data encryption and compliance issues with PCI DSS, HIPAA, FIPS, HITECH and other security regulations that require encryption for data at rest. Click here [...]
Posted in About Transparent Data Encryption | Tagged at rest data encryption, FIPS, HIPAA, HITECH, PCI DSS
By admin on February 26, 2010
Key management is the provisions made in a cryptography system design that are related to generation, exchange, storage, safeguarding, use, vetting, and replacement of keys. It includes cryptographic protocol design, key servers, user procedures, and other relevant protocols. Key management concerns keys at the user level, either between users or systems. This is in contrast [...]
Posted in About Key Management System | Tagged cryptographic protocol, cryptography system, key servers
By admin on February 26, 2010
TDE is a technology employed by both Microsoft and Oracle to encrypt database content. TDE offers encryption at a column, table, and table space level. TDE solves the problem of protecting data at rest, encrypting databases both on the hard drive and consequently on backup media.” The other great value of TDE is that you [...]
Posted in About Transparent Data Encryption | Tagged data, encryption, MSSQL, MySQL, Oracle, security
