SQL Server has it. SQL Express has it. MySQL on Windows should too. Encryptionizer wraps every MySQL, MariaDB, and Percona Server instance running on Windows in military-grade transparent encryption — covering the whole data footprint without schema changes, Enterprise Edition licenses, or Linux-first tooling.
Most MySQL tooling assumes Linux. Most compliance frameworks don't care what OS you're on — they care whether sensitive data is encrypted at rest. For the thousands of Windows-based MySQL deployments running in Windows Server environments, ISV products, and legacy enterprise stacks, that gap is a real problem that shows up at the worst possible time: audit day.
Native encryption on MySQL, MariaDB, and Percona exists — but it's fragmented, version-dependent, and often misses parts of the data footprint. Here's how it compares to one unified product that just works.
Encryptionizer was designed around a simple principle: encryption shouldn't depend on which flavor of MySQL you happen to be running. By operating at the file layer, we cover them all the same way.
MySQL 5.x and 8.x. MariaDB 10.x and newer. Percona Server. Compatible forks. All protected by the same deployment, with the same operational model.
No ALTER TABLE statements. No connection string changes. No application rewrites. Your MySQL instance keeps serving the same queries — it just stores everything encrypted now.
Data files, binlogs, undo logs, redo logs, temp files, backups — everything InnoDB (or its equivalent) writes to disk gets encrypted. No gaps for auditors to find.
The same cryptographic standard governments require. Same ciphers. Same validation. Same reports you'll show your auditor.
Encryption and decryption happen in RAM between the engine and the file system. Benchmarks don't flinch. Your users won't notice.
Point-and-click installer. Protect each MySQL instance individually or standardize across your Windows fleet. Most customers finish deployment in a single afternoon.
Enterprises run MariaDB, Percona Server, or custom forks for a dozen good reasons. The problem is that most encryption solutions commit to one variant and leave the others uncovered. Encryptionizer works below the storage engine, at the file layer. If it reads and writes files like MySQL, we encrypt it the same way. One license pattern, one operational model, one audit answer — no matter which flavor your team standardized on.
Four scenarios every MySQL-on-Windows deployment should plan for — and what happens with and without transparent encryption in place.
An mysqldump output or raw file-system backup walks out on a USB drive. Without encryption: everything that was in that MySQL instance is now in someone else's hands.
A DBA with filesystem access copies the InnoDB tablespace files before leaving the company. Without encryption: your entire database is portable — just drop the files into another MySQL instance.
Attackers get into the Windows host and copy your MySQL data files out before locking them. Without encryption: double-extortion pressure — pay or we publish.
An auditor finds a MySQL instance holding patient records, cardholder data, or GDPR-covered PII — and no encryption-at-rest documentation. Without encryption: six-figure fines, mandatory breach reports.
MySQL deployments cover every regulated vertical — healthcare, finance, retail, government contracting. Encryptionizer gets you the encryption-at-rest coverage every framework requires.
"We standardized on MariaDB five years ago. When compliance came calling, we needed encryption fast — and most products either wanted us on MySQL Enterprise or didn't support MariaDB at all. Encryptionizer just worked."
Encryptionizer protects every Windows-based database that matters — not just MySQL.
Full transparent encryption for Microsoft SQL Server — every edition, no Enterprise license required, including full-text search on encrypted FileTables.
Learn More →PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Oracle, DB2, MS Access — if it runs on Windows, Encryptionizer can protect it with the same transparent approach.
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