Why use ASE 15.0 - Sybase

Protecting encrypted data from theDBAFrequently heard customer requirement:"we want to protect data from the DBA"• In pre-15.0.2, sa_role automatically makes you DBO…• … and therefore you'd automatically have decrypt permission on all encryptedcolumns• In 15.0.2, an encryption key can be protected by a password• to encrypt or decrypt with such a key, the password must be specified• this way, even the DBA cannot access encrypted data without knowledgeof the key's passwordSybase Symposium 2007 – November 15 - Brussels33