| From: | Richard Broersma <richard(dot)broersma(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | lcarson(at)ucsd(dot)edu |
| Cc: | pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: data encryption |
| Date: | 2009-11-24 19:51:18 |
| Message-ID: | 396486430911241151j40eb6f73w5510304426c3b74d@mail.gmail.com |
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On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 10:49 AM, <lcarson(at)ucsd(dot)edu> wrote:
> Does anyone have experience using the feature in PG 8.4 (maybe earlier
> versions too??) to store specific columns in an encrypted format? We are
> gathering sensitive data for medical studies and want to use Postgresql,
> however, we need to insure that the data is secure to satisfy federal
> HIPAA regulations. One way to do that would be to store some or all of it
> in an encrypted format.
Here is a presentation that give a high level view of how to secure the data.
http://momjian.us/main/writings/pgsql/securing.pdf
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Richard Broersma Jr.
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