The administrator installs database software to encrypt each field as it is written to disk. Which of
the following describes the encrypted data?
A.
In-transit
B.
In-use
C.
Embedded
D.
At-rest
Which of the following describes the encrypted data?
The administrator installs database software to encrypt each field as it is written to disk. Which of
the following describes the encrypted data?
the correct is D. at rest.
The difference between data-in-flight and data-at-rest lies in the way the data moves through or is stored on its media. In the case of data-in-flight, data is moving through a communications media such as a copper wire, optical cable or even air (in the case of wireless communications). Data-at-rest refers to data that has been written to a media such as a disk drive, tape cartridge, or CD.