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In the database, all the patient data is stored in data files. There is a chance that an attacker can retrieve sensitive data if they get direct access to such files. To avoid this, one can encrypt the data files using the keyring plugin provided by MySQL.
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The keyring file is the main file that stores key using which the tablespace (where all table data files are stored) is encrypted. The keyring plugin is used for this purpose.
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