Acra

Acra, developed by Cossack Labs, is a data security solution specifically designed to protect sensitive information in databases and distributed applications. According to the vendor, this comprehensive tool caters to small to large-scale enterprises across various industries, including finance and healthcare. Acra is highly valued by IT professionals, data engineers, and security analysts who prioritize the confidentiality and integrity of their data.

Key Features

Fast field level encryption: Acra provides efficient field-level encryption for sensitive data in SQL and NoSQL databases, web, and backend applications. This feature ensures that sensitive information remains protected by allowing encryption and decryption at the field level.

Searchable encryption: Acra offers advanced searchable encryption capabilities, enabling the secure storage and retrieval of encrypted data. Users can perform search operations on encrypted data without compromising its security.

Data tokenization: Acra supports robust data tokenization, replacing sensitive data with tokens or placeholders. This feature helps protect sensitive information by ensuring that the original data is not stored or transmitted, reducing the risk of data breaches.

Data masking: Acra provides reliable data masking techniques to safeguard sensitive data by replacing it with fictional or obfuscated data. Only authorized personnel can view actual data, preventing unauthorized access to sensitive information.

Easy integration: Acra seamlessly integrates into existing systems and applications. It offers flexible integration options such as a SQL encryption proxy, an encryption-as-a-service API, a proxy service for any API, or an in-app SDK.

Low impact: Acra has minimal impact on system performance and does not significantly affect the speed or functionality of protected systems. It seamlessly blends with existing infrastructure without causing disruptions.

Transparent database encryption for SQL: Acra's SQL Proxy (AcraServer) provides transparent encryption and decryption of data. This design allows Acra to provide visibility into all sensitive data operations and enforce security controls.

Orchestrated suite of security controls: Acra offers a comprehensive suite of security controls, including encryption, searchable encryption, data masking, tokenization, request authorization, component authentication enforcement, SQL firewall, data leakage detection, audit logging service, and security events automation. These controls work together to ensure the protection and integrity of sensitive data.