Kenneth White (@kennwhite, Security Principal @MongoDB) talks about the causes of internal breaches, querying encrypted data vs encryption-at-rest, and database evolutions.

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SHOW NOTES:

• MongoDB Queryable Encryption
• Wired article with more background
• MongoDB World presentation from June 2022
• Product page with FAQ & Documentation
• Podcast interview with The New Stack from MDBW in June

Topic 1 - Welcome to the show. You have quite a distinguished career in security and cryptography-adjacent. Tell us a little bit about your background, and what you focus on at MongoDB?

Topic 2 - Unfortunately, we’re hearing about more and more attacks that have an internal origination. From a security and cryptography perspective, what typically breaks down to allow this to happen? 

Topic 3 - MongoDB has recently launched a database that enables querying encrypted data. Give us some background on how this new concept came into being. 

Topic 4 - What are the technology components involved in making this happen - on the database side, on the application side, on the key management side? 

Topic 5 - What are some of the application use-cases where this new database technology makes sense?

Topic 6 - How can people start exploring this technology? Is it available in both the software and SaaS offerings?

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