A Plan to Stop Breaches With Dead Simple Database Encryption

Data breaches and exposures have been so rampant over the last few years that it's difficult to even keep track at this point, much less step back to mull a solution. But, perhaps out of necessity, researchers from the database giant MongoDB have spent the last two years developing a new database encryption scheme aimed squarely at reducing these damaging incidents. Their secret weapon? Radical simplicity. The idea of encrypting databases in various ways isn't new. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices