topic Re: Offline Geodatabase Encryption in .NET Maps SDK Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/net-maps-sdk-questions/offline-geodatabase-encryption/m-p/364945#M4320 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P></P><P>We currently don't have a mechanism to secure mobile geodatabases. We could consider one of the sqlite encryption options available, but they can incur a significant impact on performance (one popular option states "as little as 5-15% overhead"). Depending on what risks you trying to secure against, full device encryption might be a viable route and it does seem to be increasingly popular these days. However, I think device/hard-disk encryption inevitably still has an overhead; how much that actually is in practice and whether it is acceptable to your users in the field would require some testing.</P><P></P><P>If I find any more information, I'll let you know.</P><P></P><P>Cheers</P><P></P><P>Mike</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 28 Sep 2015 07:35:10 GMT MichaelBranscomb 2015-09-28T07:35:10Z Offline Geodatabase Encryption https://community.esri.com/t5/net-maps-sdk-questions/offline-geodatabase-encryption/m-p/364944#M4319 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>What's the best ways to keep an offline geodatabase file secure?&nbsp; There doesn't appear to be any way to encrypt the database directly, which leads me down the path of encrypting the entire device.&nbsp; Does anybody have any tips on what techniques work best?</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 25 Sep 2015 19:32:52 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/net-maps-sdk-questions/offline-geodatabase-encryption/m-p/364944#M4319 Anonymous User 2015-09-25T19:32:52Z Re: Offline Geodatabase Encryption https://community.esri.com/t5/net-maps-sdk-questions/offline-geodatabase-encryption/m-p/364945#M4320 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P></P><P>We currently don't have a mechanism to secure mobile geodatabases. We could consider one of the sqlite encryption options available, but they can incur a significant impact on performance (one popular option states "as little as 5-15% overhead"). Depending on what risks you trying to secure against, full device encryption might be a viable route and it does seem to be increasingly popular these days. However, I think device/hard-disk encryption inevitably still has an overhead; how much that actually is in practice and whether it is acceptable to your users in the field would require some testing.</P><P></P><P>If I find any more information, I'll let you know.</P><P></P><P>Cheers</P><P></P><P>Mike</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 28 Sep 2015 07:35:10 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/net-maps-sdk-questions/offline-geodatabase-encryption/m-p/364945#M4320 MichaelBranscomb 2015-09-28T07:35:10Z Re: Offline Geodatabase Encryption https://community.esri.com/t5/net-maps-sdk-questions/offline-geodatabase-encryption/m-p/364946#M4321 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thanks for the info Mike!&nbsp; I'll keep poking around the device/hard-disk encryption route.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 05 Oct 2015 15:24:53 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/net-maps-sdk-questions/offline-geodatabase-encryption/m-p/364946#M4321 Anonymous User 2015-10-05T15:24:53Z Re: Offline Geodatabase Encryption https://community.esri.com/t5/net-maps-sdk-questions/offline-geodatabase-encryption/m-p/364947#M4322 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>This was answered clearly at DevSummit 2016 -- there are no plans to support encryption inside of the ArcGIS Runtime.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 07 Apr 2016 14:31:15 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/net-maps-sdk-questions/offline-geodatabase-encryption/m-p/364947#M4322 Anonymous User 2016-04-07T14:31:15Z