Microsoft introduced transparent data encryption (TDE) when it released SQL Server 2008, adding full database encryption rather than the limited cell-based encryption that debuted in SQL Server 2005.

Azure SQL’s new functionality comes in roughly three categories: encryption, data masking, and access security.

How to Encrypt Credit Card Information in an SQL Database. Credit card information in your business's database is much more secure if you encrypt it. If you store this information as plain text ...

Open source initiative aims to offer enterprise security feature without vendor lock-in Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) is a popular approach to encrypting data at the storage layer, beefing up ...

The company's Transparent Data Encryption option, borrowed from SQL Server, is now generally available as part of numerous upgrades to its cloud database platform.

Database encryption protects sensitive information by scrambling the data when it's stored, or as it has become popular to say, "is at rest." ...

Microsoft has clarified the more confusing elements of SQL Server licensing and extended major benefits to customers. The catch is that Software Assurance is required to take advantage of them.

Protegrity, of Stamford, Conn., will announce Secure.Data F3 for Microsoft Corp. SQL Server 2000 early in 2003. A version for Oracle Corp.s Oracle8i is available.

The hassle for the organisation is eliminated because database management of data encryption and decryption eliminates the need for application modifications or updated client drivers.

At Microsoft TechEd 2004 in San Diego, Microsoft provided further details on its upcoming database release now known as SQL Server 2005 (formerly code-named “Yukon”). The software will natively ...