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

*Domain Solution · PlanetScale*

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

## Get started

- [View docs](https://cipherstash.com/docs)
- [Book a discovery call](https://calendly.com/cipherstash-gtm/cipherstash-discovery-call)

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