Keystore availability and recoverability

One of the unique attributes of data encryption is that, while it effectively guards your offline data from inappropriate access, it can also prevent you from accessing your own data, if you lose access to the master key.

This potential access restriction makes managing the availability and recoverability of your keystore, and its related credentials, a mission-critical aspect of your database environment.

Important: Do not lose access to your master key (MK). If you lose access to the MK, you irrevocably lose access to the data in your encrypted database or database backup.

As you plan for this requirement, keystore network and availability issues become data availability issues. As a result, you need to apply the same objectives to the planning for keystore availability as you do for data availability.