Prior to SQL Server 2016, currently in CTP, your main method for encrypting a SQL Server application was to use a feature called Transparent Data Encryption. TDE provides strong encryption, but with ...

SQL Server 2016 seeks to make encryption easier via its new Always Encrypted feature. This feature offers a way to ensure that the database never sees unencrypted values without the need to ...

Microsoft announced a lot of Azure SQL news at Ignite this month, but few as critical to application development security than the public preview of Always Encrypted with secure enclaves. Here's ...

Where needed, the enclave can decrypt the data and then perform its computations and data processing on the plaintext. But neither the data nor the column encryption keys are exposed in plaintext ...

Even if a firewall and database security have been employed, it's always a good practice to store sensitive information in an encrypted format. With SQL Server 2005, there are functions and ...

It functions as an addition to a standard, unmodified SQL database and is intended to allow applications to interact with encrypted data using Structured Query Language.

The Always Encrypted feature for Microsoft’s Azure SQL Database and SQL Server 2016 is now generally available, the company said. It keeps data encrypted at all times, showing it in plaintext ...

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 ...

Microsoft today announced several security-oriented improvements for Azure SQL Database, a managed relational database available on the Azure public cloud.

Microsoft said a new Always Encrypted security feature highlights its upcoming SQL Server 2016 -- 'the biggest leap forward in Microsoft's data platform history' -- shipping this summer in a public ...