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TDE enabled but database backups don't *appear* to be encrypted

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I have a database that is using TDE and this can be confirmed through:This returns: However after a backup, checking the values in msdb.dbo.backupset suggests that the backup hasn't been encrypted:This returns: Is this indicating that the backup hasn't been encrypted? This appears to contradict the Microsoft article regarding TDE (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/security/encryption/transparent-data-encryption?view=sql-server-2016):If the backup is being […]

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2018-05-24

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TDE & CLE certificates + key files: store in Azure Key Vault?

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Environment: Win2008 R2 / SQL Server 2008 R2 SP3 on Azure VM (IaaS)Issue: Can I store TDE and CLE certificate and private key files in Azure Key Vault. So far I have set TDE and CLE in one database. I have then backed up the associated cert/key files locally. I have then used powershell to […]

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2018-06-14

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Questions about TDE (Transparent Data Encryption)

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I have been investigating about TDE since a couple of days and have come across these following questions. Please help me seek clarity on these. Thanks. 1. Do I have to backup the Service Master Key? If yes, why? 2. Do I have to backup the Database Master Key? If yes, why? 3. Where the […]

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2016-04-12

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Known issues with TDE.

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We are planning to enable TDE on some of our databases. And, I need to make all the loopholes have been covered before this major step. I am aware of some of the known issues (limitations) of TDE. (CPU intensive, encrypted tempdb causing performance hit for non-TDE dbs etc.) There are also some issues with […]

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2010-08-12

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Large transaction log backups

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Hi Experts, Have some question related to large transaction log backups. We have one big database called "RepositoryDW" which is of 4TB size. It has TDE enabled recently. Backup compression enabled at instance level. After enabling TDE we see a behaviour like the size of log backups are very large sizeing from 80GB - 160GB. […]

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2020-12-29

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Questions on Implementing TDE

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I am planning to implement TDE on our Database servers and I have the following questions on TDE. I tried moving a TDE database to another server. I only needed a backup and restore of Certificate and the Private key associated with the Certificate. I did not restore a backup of DMK(Database Master Key) on […]

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2014-08-05

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TDE useful on 4TB database?

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We're being pushed by a prospective customer ( bank ) to add TDE ( Transparent Data Encryption ). PII ( e.g. social security ) columns are already encrypted with Safenet. I'm wondering how useful this is when the sql backup is 900GB compressed. Is that at risk for theft? Also, we rarely create such a […]

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2015-12-08

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