FWIW there is supposed to be a new product available from Oracle that will allow encryption of backups, and 'transparent' encryption of columns. This may have been 2 different products, can't recall where I read it. Should be something on OTN. Jared On 6/20/05, Robyn <robyn.sands@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hello all, > > The recent news about lost backup tapes has got me wondering about backup > safety and encrypted backups in particular. Does anybody on the list have an > interesting method for protecting the data that is written to tape and sent > off-site? A friend sent me this link to the January article in Oracle > magazine that discusses 10g release news: > > <http://www.oracle.com/technology/oramag/oracle/05-jan/o15news.html>: > > The article references improvements in the backup tools and Transparent > Data Encryption and he was wondering if RMAN encrypted data as it was sent > to tape. I did a little research and have found discussions about backup > agents that might perform the server, but then there's the issue of whether > those agents will work with RMAN. > > I suppose one approach would be to encrypt the database and then the > backup would be encrypted as well. However, most of our data doesn't really > merit continual encryption, until the off-site backup issue raises it's > news-worthy head. > > Anyone have an approach they can share? Is there any discussion at Oracle > about encrypting data as it's backed up by RMAN? Is it being done already in > some release/installation and I've missed the discussion? > > Robyn > > > -- Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist