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Data encryption

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Cloud and dedicated servers

If you are using a server with Linux OS, you can encrypt a disk or a separate partition using the cryptsetup utility. This utility works with the dm-crypt subsystem and the LUKS specification — standard Linux kernel components that are widely used in most popular distributions. dm-crypt is responsible for the encryption process, and LUKS handles key management.

Managed databases

In PostgreSQL and PostgreSQL TimescaleDB databases, you can encrypt data using the pgcrypto extension, which provides a set of cryptographic functions for data protection. More details are available in the Encrypting Data in PostgreSQL.