Cryptography in the Database The Last Line of Defense

Protect Your Enterprise Data with Rock-Solid Database EncryptionIf hackers compromise your critical information, the results can be catastrophic. You' re under unprecedented pressure--from your customers, your partners, your stockholders, and now, the government--to keep your data secure. But what if hackers evade your sophisticated security mechanisms? When all else fails, you have one last powerful line of defense: database cryptography. In this book, a leading crypto expert at Symantec demonstrates exactly how to use encryption with your own enterprise databases and applications. Kevin Kenan presents a start-to-finish blueprint and execution plan for designing and building--or selecting and integrating--a complete database cryptosystem. Kenan systematically shows how to eliminate weaknesses, overcome pitfalls, and defend against attacks that can compromise data even if it' s been protected by strong encryption. This book' s 3,000 lines of downloadable code examples let you explore every component of a live database cryptosystem, including key vaults and managers, manifests, engines, and providers. This book' s coverage includesUnderstanding your legal obligations to protect dataConstructing a realistic database security threat model and ensuring that you address critical threatsDesigning robust database cryptographic infrastructure around today' s most effective security patternsHardening your database security requirements Classifying the sensitivity of your dataWriting database applications that interact securely with your cryptosystemAvoiding the common vulnerabilities that compromise database applicationsManagingcryptographic projects in your enterprise database environmentTesting, deploying, defending, and decommissioning secure database applicationsCryptography in the Database is an indispensable resource for every professional who must protect enterprise data: database architects, administrators, and developers; system and security analysts; and many others. (c) Copyright Pearson Education. All rights reserved.Kenan, Kevin is the author of 'Cryptography in the Database The Last Line of Defense', published 2005 under ISBN 9780321320735 and ISBN 0321320735.