Why and How to Keep Your Decryption Keys Off Web Servers

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Suppose a worst-case scenario happens: an attacker finds a remote code execution vulnerability and creates a reverse shell on one of your web servers. They then find the database credentials, connect to your database, and steal the data. For unencrypted data and data encrypted at the storage level, it’s game over. The attacker has it all. If data is encrypted at the application level with…

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