Slides: https://www.slideshare.net/DataStax/the-promise-and-perils-of-encrypting-cassandra-data-ameesh-divatia-baffle-inc-c-summit-2016 | Why do data breaches occur even though we protect data at rest and in flight? What if the Cassandra admin's credentials get compromised? Why is it so hard to make encryption work for real world applications? If I encrypt my customer's data, do I have to turn it over when the authorities come calling? The answer may be in keeping data encrypted. . .always, let the customer own the keys and make data breaches irrelevant. In this talk, Ameesh Divatia, Co-founder at Baffle.io, will talk about a way to encrypt individual fields in a Cassandra database while continuing to let them be available for CQL access. From deterministic to random algorithms, key management and integration into DataStax drivers, this talk will introduce attendees to the steps to follow in order to protect an existing Cassandra database with field-level granularity ensuring protection against data breaches. About the Speaker Ameesh Divatia President & CEO, Baffle, Inc. Ameesh is a serial entrepreneur with over 25 years of operating experience in storage, security and networking infrastructure. He specializes in conceiving and implementing startup business plans that create new product categories by leveraging innovation in existing markets to its adjacencies. He co-founded Baffle in May 2015 to address the challenge of preventing data breaches in cloud infrastructure.