Data is the lifeblood of every organization. It is crucial to secure data at all stages of the cloud adoption and throughout the data lifecycle as your organization’s data footprint expands across the clouds and between your own business lines to drive value.
Application-level encryption (ALE) provides an additional layer of protection by encrypting data at its source, enhancing data security, privacy, and sovereignty posture.
Why should you consider application-level encryption?
Figure 1 illustrates a typical three-tier application deployment, showcasing the data flow from end users to the application and database, emphasizing the need for secure data handling.
Application-level encryption protects data within the application, reducing potential attack points and ensuring that privileged users outside the trust boundary cannot access sensitive data in clear text.
How does application-level encryption protect from data breaches?
By encrypting data within the application and enforcing role-based access control, ALE ensures that sensitive data remains encrypted throughout its lifecycle, reducing the risk of data breaches.
Data Security Broker (DSB) provides an application-level encryption software with a no-code change approach, offering security, ease, efficiency, and control in protecting sensitive data.
Why should you consider Data Security Broker?
DSB Manager and DSB Shield components ensure secure data handling without impacting application performance, offering customer-controlled key management access to data for enhanced security.
Help to avoid the risk of data breaches
IBM Cloud Security and Compliance Center Data Security Broker provides application-level encryption to protect your data, mitigate risks, and enhance your security posture in alignment with zero trust guidelines.
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