Documentation - V-271324

Title

SQL Server must protect the confidentiality and integrity of all information at rest.

Description

<VulnDiscussion>This control is intended to address the confidentiality and integrity of information at rest in nonmobile devices and covers user information and system information. Information at rest refers to the state of information when it is located on a secondary storage device (e.g., disk drive, tape drive) within an organizational information system. Applications and application users generate information throughout the course of their application use. User data generated, as well as...

Fix Text (Documentation Requirement)

Apply appropriate controls to protect the confidentiality and integrity of data on a secondary device. Where encryption is required, this can be done by full-disk encryption or by database encryption. To enable database encryption, create a master key, create a database encryption key, protect it by using mechanisms tied to the master key, and then turn encryption on. Implement physical security measures, operating system access control lists, and organizational controls appropriate to the sensitivity level of the data in the database(s).