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Data encryption in Splunk

rayar
Contributor

Hi

we are using Splunk 7.3.4 , wanted to confirm the data indexed is not encrypted by default 

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tscroggins
Influencer

@rayar 

Raw data is compressed (see journalCompression in https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/7.3.4/Admin/Indexesconf), but it is not encrypted.

Splunk offers encryption at rest in the Splunk Cloud product.

On-premise solutions would typically use file system or block level encryption.

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tscroggins
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@rayar 

Raw data is compressed (see journalCompression in https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/7.3.4/Admin/Indexesconf), but it is not encrypted.

Splunk offers encryption at rest in the Splunk Cloud product.

On-premise solutions would typically use file system or block level encryption.

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