Queryable encryption

MongoDB 6 introduced end-to-end queryable encryption. Seny Kamara and Tarik Moataz, from Brown University, designed An Optimal Relational Database Encryption Scheme at Aroki Systems that was acquired by MongoDB in 2021.

Queryable encryption allows database queries, while transmitted, to be processed and stored data to ensure they are always encrypted. The developer uses the MongoDB driver the same way as always, but the driver handles encrypting the query and the database queries the data without ever decrypting the query or the data.

Queryable encryption allows developers to query encrypted data fields as easily as they would do with the non-encrypted fields without having to learn cryptography. It provides the fundamental controls to meet data privacy regulatory requirements such as GDPR, HIPAA, CCPA, and other related legislation. It can reduce operational risk for migrating on-premise datasets to the cloud by providing the peace of mind that data will...