Most DBAs Say They’re Encrypting Personally Identifiable Data. Most.


Despite the continuous stream of data breaches, ransomware, and GDPR violations, some companies still aren’t encrypting personally identifiable information (PII) inside our databases or backups.

I see this all the time when working with clients, but I can’t exactly talk about that or give numbers, so I decided to take a highly unscientific poll on Twitter. I figure if DBAs are sitting around on social media, they’re probably done with all the important parts of their job. The 147 votes came in:

Hoping for more upbeat news, I also asked on LinkedIn, a more professional social media network, where