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August 14, 2025
Top 5 Security Risks of Running MySQL 8.0 After Its EOL
Your MySQL database has been running smoothly for years. Your team knows it inside and out. Everything just… works. Why [...]
August 13, 2025
Webinar Q&A: No More Workarounds: Open Source PostgreSQL TDE Is Here
I would like to thank everyone who attended my webinar, “No More Workarounds: Open Source PostgreSQL TDE Is Here,” on [...]
July 8, 2025
Transparent Data Encryption: The Best Way to Secure Your Data in PostgreSQL
Welcome to the open source implementation of PostgreSQL Transparent Data Encryption! This question was posed on the PostgreSQL forum, and [...]
April 9, 2025
Percona Server for MySQL: Enhanced Encryption UDFs
In Percona Server for MySQL 8.0.41 / 8.4.4, we introduced several improvements in Encryption User-Defined Functions. Added support for RSAES-OAEP [...]
April 1, 2025
PostgreSQL Security: A Comprehensive Guide to Hardening Your Database
This blog was first authored by Ibrar Ahmed in 2021. We’ve updated it in 2025 for clarity and relevance, reflecting [...]
March 28, 2025
Transparent Data Encryption for PostgreSQL Release Candidate is Here!
PostgreSQL is, without a doubt, one of the most popular open source databases in the world. Why? Well, there are [...]
January 22, 2025
PostgreSQL Database Security Best Practices
Data security threats are becoming increasingly sophisticated, creating real challenges for organizations using PostgreSQL databases. While PostgreSQL is known for [...]
January 10, 2025
Prevent Encryption Key Loss When Using Percona Server for MongoDB with HashiCorp’s Vault
When setting up data-at-rest encryption (also known as transparent data encryption) in Percona Server for MongoDB, one has three options [...]
January 9, 2025
Your Data’s Not Safe Until It’s TDE-Safe — Here’s How
If you’re managing a PostgreSQL database and handling sensitive data or PII, the answer is simple: You need data-at-rest encryption. [...]
August 9, 2024
Improve the Security of a Percona Server for MongoDB Deployment with KMIP Key State Polling
Data-at-rest encryption (also known as transparent data encryption or TDE) is a necessary mechanism for ensuring the security of a [...]
June 27, 2024
Adding TLS to LDAP Authentication in Percona Operator for MongoDB
As per K8SPSMDB-732, TLS is now supported with LDAP authentication on Percona Operator for MongoDB 1.16.0 and above. This feature [...]
May 9, 2024
Securing Your MySQL Database: Essential Best Practices
Have you ever read a news story about a major company experiencing a data breach that exposed millions of customer [...]
May 6, 2024
Securing Your MongoDB Database: Essential Best Practices
MongoDB offers powerful features and scalability, but like any database system, it has security challenges that must be addressed to [...]
April 30, 2024
LDAP Authentication in PgBouncer Through PAM
There are many cases where external connection poolers like pgBouncer become unavoidable despite the costs and complexities associated with them. [...]
April 9, 2024
Protect Your PostgreSQL Database with pg_tde: Safe and Secure
Disclaimer: This blog post is no longer up-to-date. The pg_tde extension has since been released as production-ready. For the latest [...]
April 1, 2024
Percona pg_tde Project Keyring Options
Percona’s pg_tde project brings a long-needed ability to encrypt data to PostgreSQL transparently. We are actively asking you to test [...]
March 27, 2024
Using PAM with SASL in Percona Server for MongoDB
Percona Server for MongoDB currently has several external authentication options, such as LDAP with SASL, LDAP, Kerberos, and AWS IAM. [...]
March 25, 2024
Best Practices for Database Security
Anyone working with databases knows that data is the driving force behind every online activity, and data security is always [...]
March 18, 2024
Percona XtraBackup 8.0.28 Supports Encrypted Table Backups with AWS KMS
Percona XtraBackup (PXB) version 8.0.28 supports taking backups for the encrypted tables in your MySQL database using the AWS Key [...]
February 21, 2024
Securing Percona Everest with Ingress and Cert-Manager
According to CNCF surveys, security is always among the top concerns for Kubernetes practitioners and platform engineers. Percona Everest — an [...]