Symmetric Key Encryption

Finding a Database Master Key

SQL Server Certificates

Preparing SQL Servers and Data for Quantum Computing

Just like advances in artificial intelligence, I have heard that quantum computing is going to be a disruptive technology for our future. For instance, there’s the concern that it’s going to break/crack a lot of network encryption and potentially data encryption. What’s going to be affected, how long do we have, and what do I (and my organization) need to do to prepare for it?

Backing up the Database Encryption Key

No Backdoors

Governments want backdoors built into encryption software, which Steve thinks is a bad idea.

Searching an Encrypted Column

This article examines the challenges with searches on encrypted data and presents a possible solution that you might use to speed up those queries.

Multiple Encryptions

The Basic Symmetric Key

Closing a Symmetric Key