Hardware Security Framework for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 | Database Journal

Hardware Security Framework for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2

Feb 1, 2011
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Thales nShield hardware security modules offer key management and hardware-based cryptography; offering a hardware security framework for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2. NShield provides encryption key management and storage of master encryption keys in FIPS validated hardware; allowing customers to implement key management across multiple servers and meet compliance mandates or security standards by storing encryption keys separate from data.

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