Encryption that's more than “we use HTTPS.”
KMS integration, field-level encryption for the PII you actually store, envelope encryption for files, and key rotation that has genuinely happened. Encryption at rest and in transit with a key strategy behind it — and a plan for the day the algorithm has to change.
‘We use HTTPS’ is not an encryption strategy.
HTTPS protects data while it's moving between a browser and your server. That's real, and necessary — but it stops the moment the data lands. The customer records in your database, the documents in your file store, the rows in last night's backup: HTTPS never touched any of them. A leaked dump or a compromised read-replica turns all of it into plaintext for whoever holds it. A real strategy covers data at rest and the keys that protect it: where the keys live, who can decrypt with them, how often they rotate, and what happens the day an algorithm has to change. We build that — KMS integration, field-level encryption for PII, envelope encryption for files, and rotation that has actually run.
Encryption has gone from “we have HTTPS” to “prove it”.
Each prompt has the same answer — encryption with a key strategy, not a checkbox.
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You store PII, PHI, or payment data
Field-level encryption so the sensitive columns are ciphertext, even inside the database.
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A prospect's questionnaire asks about your encryption strategy
Documented at-rest and in-transit encryption with real key management to point to.
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Your keys have never been rotated
A rotation schedule that caps the blast radius — without downtime or a big-bang migration.
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Encryption is just 'the database disk is encrypted'
Field-level and envelope encryption that survives a leaked dump, not just a stolen drive.
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You're worried about post-quantum or a deprecated cipher
Crypto-agility: versioned keys and a documented algorithm-migration path.
The pieces that make encryption real.
Keys in the right place, decryption as a permission, rotation that runs.
KMS setup
AWS KMS, GCP KMS, or Vault wired in as the authority for your keys.
Field-level encryption
Sensitive PII columns encrypted, readable only to services that hold the key.
Envelope encryption
Per-file data keys wrapped by a master key — fast at scale.
Key rotation
A real schedule, with old data still readable under prior key versions.
Five stages from sensitive data to recoverable ciphertext.
- 1Classify
- 2Keys (KMS)
- 3Encrypt
- 4Rotate
- 5Recover
No single control is enough on its own, so we layer them. First we classify what's actually sensitive; the KMS holds the keys; the data is encrypted at rest and in transit; the keys rotate on a schedule to cap exposure; and recovery is planned so a lost key never means lost data. Each stage limits what the failure of another can cost you.
Put the keys somewhere you can actually trust.
The hard part of encryption was never the cipher — it's the keys. We integrate a managed key authority (AWS KMS, GCP KMS, or HashiCorp Vault, HSM-backed where it's warranted) so keys live behind a real boundary, never hard-coded in config or a repo. Decryption becomes a scoped, logged permission rather than a default, so only the services that genuinely need plaintext can ask for it.
- AWS KMS, GCP KMS, or Vault — fit to your stack
- HSM-backed keys where the threat model demands it
- Keys out of config and source control
- Decrypt as a scoped, audited permission
Encrypt the data, not just the disk.
Full-disk encryption protects you against a stolen drive and nothing else — a leaked dump or a valid database connection still hands over plaintext. Field-level encryption encrypts the genuinely sensitive columns (IDs, account numbers, health notes) so they stay ciphertext inside the database, readable only by the services holding the key. It shrinks the set of people and systems that can ever see the real values.
- Sensitive PII columns encrypted at the field
- Ciphertext even inside the database
- Survives a leaked dump, not just a stolen drive
- Readable only by services that hold the key
Encrypt files at scale without melting the KMS.
Calling the KMS to encrypt every file directly doesn't scale. Envelope encryption fixes that: each file gets its own data key, the bulk encryption happens locally with a fast symmetric key, and only that small data key is wrapped by the master key in the KMS. It keeps high volumes fast, and it makes rotation and revocation tractable — change or disable the master key and you control access to everything wrapped under it.
- Per-file data keys, wrapped by a KMS master key
- Fast local symmetric encryption at volume
- Rotation and revocation without re-encrypting everything
- Works the same for objects, records, and backups
Encryption with a strategy behind it.
Classify the data
We map what's genuinely sensitive — PII, PHI, payment, secrets — and where it lives at rest and in transit.
Stand up the KMS
AWS KMS, GCP KMS, or Vault set up as the key authority, with decrypt scoped to the services that need it.
Encrypt at the right layer
Field-level encryption for sensitive columns, envelope encryption for files and backups.
Schedule rotation
Automatic master-key rotation, versioned data keys, and a background re-encryption path where needed.
Plan for change
Crypto-agility and recovery: documented algorithm migration and a tested path to restore from ciphertext.
Encryption stopped being a checkbox.
You handle PII, PHI, or payment data
The data you store is exactly the kind a leaked dump would expose — and exactly the kind frameworks expect you to encrypt.
Compliance is asking about your encryption strategy
GDPR, HIPAA, or PCI is in the picture, and you'd rather evidence real key management than improvise an answer.
Key rotation has never happened
Your keys have an unbounded blast radius, and you want rotation in place before it ever matters — without a risky migration.
Standard primitives, used with judgement.
The things teams ask first.
Encrypt the data, not just the wire.
Tell us what sensitive data you store and what's prompting the focus — a questionnaire, a compliance deadline, or keys that have never rotated. We'll classify the data, stand up real key management, and put encryption at rest and in transit in place with a plan for the day the algorithm has to change.