# How do you stop a database breach from exposing customer data in Nile?

*Domain Solution · Nile*

Because CipherStash encrypts each sensitive value with a unique identity-bound key, a breach of Nile yields ciphertext with no key attached. The data is the perimeter. Reaching the database is no longer the same as reading it.

## Who's asking

Engineering lead worried that anyone reaching the Nile database, or a leaked backup, exposes everything in plaintext.

## Why CipherStash is a fit

Because CipherStash encrypts each sensitive value with a unique identity-bound key, a breach of Nile yields ciphertext with no key attached. The data is the perimeter. Reaching the database is no longer the same as reading it.

## Get started

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