New technologies are emerging every day rapidly. Big data, cloud computing, and social media are some of the good examples of how technologies have transformed the way we analyse, store data as [...]
Data security is counted as a mandatory requirement for enterprises these days. According to BBC, poor data security can literally ruin your business. Bitcoin Exchange “Mt. Gox” [...]
Tokenization is a method of substituting sensitive data with non-sensitive placeholders called tokens. These tokens are swapped with data stored in relational databases and files. The tokens are [...]
Generally, encryption implies converting data (plaintext) to an unreadable form by applying an algorithm and can only be reverted with a decryption key. At first glance, it seems that if one’s [...]
There are many functions in MyDiamo which is useful to users— one o f them being the masking function. It enables users to select how the encrypted data can be shown to whom without any [...]
On the previous post about “Types of Database Encryption Methods”, the types of database (DB) encryption methods were mentioned based on where the encryption took place. Different types can be [...]
There are numerous types of database encryption methods in the market. Yet, many can’t decide which solution would best suit their DBMS environment. The answer lies in the understanding about the [...]
DBMS Internal Encryption Functions vs. Professional DB Encryption Solutions When we apply encryption to the database, we can choose from the following two options. One option is to apply [...]
PCI Data Security Standard The continuation of massive credit card data breaches at many high profile organizations, prompted the development of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard [...]
How to use MyDiamo with WordPress This post shows how to install and operate MyDiamo when working with blogging platform “WordPress” on databases such as “MySQL” or “MariaDB“. Now, we will assume [...]