Database encryption

Question

Hi all,

I know Appian offers DB encryption for Advanced or Enterprise Support customers on cloud only. But what about on premise customers? Can they encrypt their database? As far as I know it is posssible but can you tell me how? Do we need to encrypt the data just before persisting it and decrypt it after reading it with some kind encryption/decryption rule? Or is it possible to use a more automated tool?

I would appreciate if someone could send documentation about it
 
Thanks a lot!

stefanhelzle0001 · Accepted Answer

DB will encrypt data is it writes to disk. You will need to keep an eye on who has access to these systems. Make sure to enable SSL on JDBC connection level to have data in transit also encrypted. Appian itself does not persist data by default.

If you want to use synced records, you might need to check who has access to the Appian data server.

stefanhelzle0001 · Answer

We need to talk about what kind of encryption you mean. File system, table space or field level?

De-/encryption inside Appian is awful and absolutely not recommended.

Appian itself does no know about encrypting data going to DB. Everything else is left to your IT department.

What requirements do you have?

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