SQL Server 2005's engine-based data encryption functions protect confidential information from unauthorized access and disclosure, and offer native key management as a bonus.

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

Encrypt your database? You bet When amateur hackers have proven that even lavish perimeter security measures are woefully weak, there's only one choice left: Encrypt the info on your databases.

Encrypt your database? You bet When amateur hackers have proven that even lavish perimeter security measures are woefully weak, there's only one choice left: Encrypt the info on your databases.