## 30.4 MySQL Enterprise Encryption Overview

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 MySQL Enterprise Edition includes a set of encryption functions based on the OpenSSL library that expose OpenSSL capabilities at the SQL level. These functions enable Enterprise applications to perform the following operations:

* Implement added data protection using public-key asymmetric cryptography

* Create public and private keys and digital signatures

* Perform asymmetric encryption and decryption

* Use cryptographic hashing for digital signing and data verification and validation

 For more information, see [Section 6.6, “MySQL Enterprise Encryption”](enterprise-encryption.html).

 For other related Enterprise security features, see [Section 30.3, “MySQL Enterprise Security Overview”](mysql-enterprise-security.html).

