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Postgres encryption at rest: Transparent Data Encryption options explained

Written by Gary Evans | July 18, 2019

"Is your data encrypted at rest?" arrives from an auditor, a customer security review, or a regulator, and it sounds like a yes-or-no question.

It isn't. The honest answer depends on which layer someone chose to encrypt at, often years ago, and on whether that choice covered everything the data touches.