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IBM Db2 11.1 Certification Guide
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IBM Db2 11.1 Certification Guide

by Robert (Kent) Collins, Mohankumar Saraswatipura
June 2018
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
478 pages
10h 52m
English
Packt Publishing
Content preview from IBM Db2 11.1 Certification Guide

Db2 native encryption

Db2 native encryption was introduced in version 10.5 FIX PACK 5 to facilitate data encryption at rest without any hardware, software, and application changes. The following diagram showcases the components of Db2 native encryption.

  • The data encryption key (DEK): Db2 encrypts data with a data encryption key before the data is written to disk. The data encryption key is stored, and encrypted, in the database or backup image.
  • The encrypted master key: A master key is an encryption key that is used to encrypt a data encryption key (DEK). The data encryption key (DEK) is stored and managed within the database. The master key is stored and managed outside the database. Each database has a single master key and the master ...
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