--- title: A Postgres Proxy for Searchable Encryption for Data in Use description: Australian startup CipherStash has developed a Postgres proxy for searchable encryption of data in use. The proxy is based on the open-source project pgcat,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/a-postgres-proxy-for-searchable-encryption-for-data-in-use-1hfg9mw03 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: A Postgres Proxy for Searchable Encryption for Data in Use | daily.dev og:description: Australian startup CipherStash has developed a Postgres proxy for searchable encryption of data in use. The proxy is based on the open-source project pgcat,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/a-postgres-proxy-for-searchable-encryption-for-data-in-use-1hfg9mw03 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/1HFG9MW03.png og:image:alt: A Postgres Proxy for Searchable Encryption for Data in Use og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # A Postgres Proxy for Searchable Encryption for Data in Use **[The New Stack](https://daily.dev/sources/newstack)** · 7 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Australian startup CipherStash has developed a Postgres proxy for searchable encryption of data in use. The proxy is based on the open-source project pgcat, written in Rust. It includes three modules for fine-grained control over data access: Audit, Identify, and Encrypt. With row-level encryption and unique keys for each field, the data remains inaccessible even if a hacker gains entry to the system. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#encryption](https://daily.dev/tags/encryption), [#data-protection](https://daily.dev/tags/data-protection) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/a-postgres-proxy-for-searchable-encryption-for-data-in-use-1hfg9mw03) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"A Postgres Proxy for Searchable Encryption for Data in Use","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/a-postgres-proxy-for-searchable-encryption-for-data-in-use-1hfg9mw03","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/a-postgres-proxy-for-searchable-encryption-for-data-in-use-1hfg9mw03"},"datePublished":"2024-05-07T14:09:35.295Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T08:03:37.463Z","description":"Australian startup CipherStash has developed a Postgres proxy for searchable encryption of data in use. The proxy is based on the open-source project pgcat,...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/2c0c90a048dc0b74aff5a551ea97aee8?_a=AQAEuiZ","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/2c0c90a048dc0b74aff5a551ea97aee8?_a=AQAEuiZ","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"The New Stack","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The New Stack","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/newstack","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/newstack"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/a-postgres-proxy-for-searchable-encryption-for-data-in-use-1hfg9mw03","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"encryption,data-protection","timeRequired":"PT7M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The New Stack","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/newstack"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"A Postgres Proxy for Searchable Encryption for Data in Use"}]} ```