There are ten types of people in the world. People who think in binary terms and everyone else. No, wait, I meant there are two types of developers. Those who love strong-typed languages and those who hate them. I’m definitely in the former group — it can be a pain…

This is the first of a series of articles on using advanced database techniques to hide the complexity of database encryption and improve its security. The focus is conceptual, not operational, with the hope that readers can apply some of these techniques to their databases. …