Encryption and Database Source Control

Since returning from PASS Summit, I spent a rigorous amount of time developing slides & demos to share the latest technologies I learned, attempting to deliver on my pact with my CIO and Director. Yesterday, I delivered the 2nd round on that promise and received great feedback. PS. Shopping for a new tie. I intentionally focused…

SQL Server 2016 Always Encrypted – Parameterized Samples

With Always Encrypted in SQL Server 2016, if you want to Insert, Update or Filter by an encrypted column (ie. DML) the statement must be parameterized and/or use sp_executesql. Jakub shows how to do this on his post at the SQL Server Security Blog, but here's the condensed version of the article with all the sample scripts/instructions…