8 Crucial Tips for Hardening PostgreSQL 14.4 servers in 2022

As of July 13th, 2022, there are 135 security flaws reported to the CVE database for Postgres. Without proper configuration and maintenance, Postgres can be exploitable. There are 8 essential measures you can take to protect your Postgres server from attack. Encrypt values that don't need decryption, use hash-based column encryption. Only use one-way encryption for values that have you have to compare for a match, like passwords. Test "base backups" configuration and recoverability by using the pgBackRest tool.

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