06-20-2019 10:52 AM
We have a requirement by our auditors to encrypt some of our db backups 100 percent of the time.
Currently the db's reside on encrypted hdd's and I encrypt the Netbackup 8.0 backups. This is working fine.
But - a question has come up - what about the transfer from the hdd to the tape - Can anyone tell me: During an encrypted backup as the data is transferred from the hdd through the network to the media server and library/tape - is the data encrypted?
Again - I understand the tapes are encrypted. I just want to be able to tell the auditor that at no point can an intruder intercept and read the pii data we're asked to protect/encrypt.
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06-20-2019 12:00 PM
06-20-2019 12:00 PM
06-21-2019 12:36 AM
You typical encrypt data to prevent data disclouse to 3rd party - in order to maintain "data confidentiality".
In that regards is makes sense to encrypt data at rest - disk and tapes.
Technical speaking data on a network is not at rest and therefor encrypting doesn't directly apply. That said Veritas is adding encryption to the communication between client and host
Pls see:
https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/doc/127786665-127786823-1
Best Regards
Nicolai