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

Network encryption is one of the most important security hardening strategies to be adopted in any enterprise infrastructure. It will ensure confidential data transmitted over the wire is encrypted ...

The appliance is an x86 server running Oracle Linux and the Oracle database, with all of the Oracle Database security features—such as auditing, access control, and encryption—enabled.

With new attacks being publicized daily, organizations that eschew data encryption as an integral part of their security strategy risk losing almost everything.

nCipher recently announced the integration of its nShield and netHSM key management solutions with Transparent Data Encryption, part of the Oracle Database 11g Advanced Security option.