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Oracle AI Database 26ai: Encryption and key management from the start Two weeks ago I talked about " born encrypted " for Oracle Databases 21c and 26ai. Many readers have asked about key management in such a scenario. That makes sense; when all databases are encrypted from the start, proper key management becomes a requirement. With Oracle, you are in good hands: This dbca code in Oracle AI database 26ai will encrypt your database while it is being build, and the TDE master keys live in Oracle Key Vault; no TDE wallet, no migration: dbca -silent -createDatabase    \ ...    -configureTDE TRUE    \     -tdeKeystoreConfigType OKV    \     -okvWalletName ${ORACLE_UNQNAME^^}  \     -tdeWalletRoot /directory/for/TDE/  \     -TdeWalletPassword <OKV endpoint password>  \     -createTDESepsWallet  \     -encryptTablespaces SYSTEM:true,SYSAUX:true,USERS:true  \ ...