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Kylie Stradley

How GitHub converts previously encrypted and unencrypted columns to ActiveRecord encrypted columns

This post is the second part in a series about ActiveRecord::Encryption that shows how GitHub upgrades previously encrypted and unencrypted columns to ActiveRecord::Encryption.

November 3, 2022

Engineering

Why and how GitHub encrypts sensitive database columns using ActiveRecord::Encryption

You may know that GitHub encrypts your source code at rest, but you may not have known that we encrypt sensitive database columns as well. Read about our column encryption strategy and our decision to adopt the Rails column encryption standard.

October 26, 2022

Kylie Stradley

How GitHub converts previously encrypted and unencrypted columns to ActiveRecord encrypted columns

Why and how GitHub encrypts sensitive database columns using ActiveRecord::Encryption

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