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 ...

References Database Journal: SQL Server 2005 Encryption Types Microsoft TechNet: Decryptbypassphrase John Papiewski Contributor ...

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 ...

Microsoft’s SQL Server also supports automatically encrypting data before it’s stored to a hard disk drive (HDD) or solid state disk (SSD), something it also calls “ transparent database ...

Always Encrypted was first introduced as part of SQL Server 2016. A public preview of Threat Detection, a feature that provides alerts about potential security threats, on Azure SQL Database will ...

DbEncrypt for SQL Server 2.1, which will be unveiled this week, takes far fewer round trips between its encryption engine and a SQL Server database, resulting in a fivefold-to-tenfold performance ...