#Security articles and events

Setting up data-at-rest encryption correctly requires more than just flipping a switch. In this session, Konstantin Trushin will explain how Percona Server for MongoDB implements this critical securit...

I spend a lot of time in Slack. Most people in tech do. It’s where a lot of “work” happens such as quick questions, async decisions, the “hey can you look at this?” threads that never seem to end. It ...

PostgreSQL 18 introduced native OAuth 2.0 authentication support, marking an important step towards modern, centralized identity-based access control. However, since every identity provider implements...

MySQL Security Best Practices: A Practical Guide for Locking Down Your Database Introduction MySQL runs just about everywhere. I’ve seen it behind small personal projects, internal tools, SaaS platfor...

Traffic spikes and “noisy neighbors” can quickly saturate backend resources. In this session, Martin Visser (Valkey and Redis Tech Lead @ Percona) explores robust rate-limiting strategies to protect s...

We spent a long time, two blog posts to be specific, talking about OAuth/OIDC in theory. Now we’ll take a more practical look at the topic: how can we configure PostgreSQL with a popular open source i...

Configuring the Component Keyring in Percona Server and PXC 8.4 (Or: how to make MySQL encryption boring, which is the goal)...

With PostgreSQL 18 introducing built-in OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect (OIDC) authentication, tools like pg_oidc_validator have become an essential part of the ecosystem by enabling server-side verifica...

In the previous blog post about the topic, OAuth, OIDC and validators, we discussed basic terminologies to understand the differences between the protocols and how they relate to PostgreSQL....

Somebody might tell you, “let’s configure PostgreSQL 18 with OIDC, it should be simple, only takes a few minutes!” And that might be the case if you already have an OIDC provider set up and know all t...

If you’ve ever wondered how to set up OpenID Connect (OIDC) authentication in PostgreSQL, the wait is almost over....

Let’s install and try out a new package for PostgreSQL — PG_TDE by Percona. This extension adds Transparent Data Encryption (TDE), a mechanism that allows data to be encrypted at the storage level wit...

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MySQL, arguably the most popular relational database, is used pretty extensively at the popular professional social network LinkedIn. At Percona Live ONLINE 2020, the company’s flagship event held onl...