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Tag Archives: encryption
New Solutions for Old Problems–T-SQL Tuesday #87
This is an interesting T-SQL Tuesday this month. For #87, we have an invitation from Matt Gordon. The topic is using new tools to solve old problems. The “new” cutoff is SQL Server 2014, so we’d looking at a way … Continue reading
Using a DMK in TDE
When you setup TDE, you need to create a DMK (Database Master Key) in the master database if one doesn’t exist. This key forms the basis of a chain of protection for your data inside of the SQL Server instance. … Continue reading
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Tagged encryption, security, sql server, syndicated
What’s a Database Encryption Key (DEK) in TDE
The encryption mechanisms in SQL Server are interesting, and they work well, but they are somewhat poorly named. I ran across a few people struggling to understand, so I decided to cover the concepts in a series of posts. This … Continue reading
What is a Database Master Key?
The encryption mechanisms in SQL Server are interesting, and they work well, but they are somewhat poorly named. I ran across a few people struggling to understand, so I decided to cover the concepts in a series of posts. This … Continue reading
Do I have a Database Master Key in a database? #SQLNewBlogger
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. How can I tell if I have a Database Master Key in a database? It’s actually easy. I query … Continue reading
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Tagged encryption, security, SQLNewBlogger, syndicated
Checking Permissions for Keys–#SQLNewBlogger
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. I got a call from someone wanted to check how permissions were stored for encryption objects. I ran a … Continue reading
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Tagged encryption, SQLNewBlogger, syndicated
Post TDE–Getting Unencrypted Backups
I saw a question posted recently about someone that had disabled TDE and was still having issues restoring a backup. This doesn’t seem like that should be an issue, but it can be. A little testing shows how. Let’s assume … Continue reading
Encryption Keys Matter
Perhaps the importance of protecting encryption keys is even greater than we realize. It appears that the NSA and the US Government have been able to read encrypted traffic for some time on the Internet, perhaps for most of the last … Continue reading
Learning All About Always Encrypted at DevConnections
Like the alliteration in the title? I almost removed it, but decided it had a nice ring. Maybe that should be the title of my IT/DevConnections (Oct 10-13, 2016) session other than End to End Always Encrypted in SQL Server … Continue reading
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Crack that Encrypted Data
Ransomware appears to be gaining some traction as a new trend. For awhile in my career, it was virus programs designed to send to all your contacts. Then it was infections to use your computer as part of a bot … Continue reading
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Tagged encryption, security
