Tag: Encryption

• Common Database Vulnerabilities: Backup Data Exposure

  

  2014-08-30 - Backup, Common Database Vulnerabilities, General, Security, Series

  Backups are a common cause for data breaches. Read on to find out, why strategies designed to protect the sensitive data within your database are often inadequate to provide the same protection within a backup.

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• How to Create Two Identical Symmetric Keys

  

  2014-07-21 - Cryptography, General, Security

  SQL Server provides only one way to re-create a symmetric key multiple times. Read on to find out about the necessary extension to the CREATE SYMMETRIC KEY statement.

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• Debunking Symmetric Key Recreate-Ability

  

  2014-07-18 - Cryptography, General, Security, Security Misconceptions

  Do you think you can recreate a symmetric key that is protected by a certificate, by just using that same certificate? You might be in for a big surprise…

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• Five Reasons why You Need to Encrypt Your PHI

  

  2014-06-20 - Cryptography, General, HIPAA, Security

  Are you a covered entity under the HIPAA rules and do you store PHI (Protected Health Information) in your database? Here are five reasons why you really should encrypt that data.

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• Creating an Asymmetric Key using a Strong Name File

  

  2014-05-30 - Cryptography, General, Security

  .NET Strong name files are built to hold a single asymmetric key pair. Read on to discover how to generate SQL Server asymmetric keys form strong name files.

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