# How to Encrypt PII Descriptor Values?

**URL:** <https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/how-to-encrypt-pii-descriptor-values/188806>\
**Category:** Forum\
**Tags:** Adabas-Natural, Adabas, Adabas-on-Mainframes, Adabas-Database-Security-on-Mainframes\
**Created:** [June 3, 2016, 3:19pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/how-to-encrypt-pii-descriptor-values/188806 "2016-06-03T15:19:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Min\_Chai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@Min\_Chai](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Min_Chai)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2016, 3:19pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/how-to-encrypt-pii-descriptor-values/188806/1 "2016-06-03T15:19:08Z")

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Since ADABAS doesn’t encrypt the associator (indexes and control blocks, FDT, FCB, etc) there seems to be huge whole in the product. For shops that encrypt, what did you do about having PII in the clear in the indexes?

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/original/3X/c/d/cd19967bb605d28a72d77eb83a1cae22f3df2eb8.svg) [@system](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2021, 3:36pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/how-to-encrypt-pii-descriptor-values/188806/2 "2021-04-02T15:36:10Z")

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