Missing application-level encryption of sensitive data

• Rule ID: ruby_rails_default_encryption
• Languages: ruby
• Source: default_encryption.yml

Description

Application-level encryption greatly reduces the risk of a data breach or data leak by making data unreadable. This rule checks if sensitive data types found in records are encrypted.

Remediations

Whenever storing sensitive data to a datastore, make sure to encrypt the entire record, or the field itself.

Resources

• Ruby on Rails Active Record encryption

Associated CWE

• CWE-312: Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

OWASP Top 10

• A04:2021 - Insecure Design

Configuration

To skip this rule during a scan, use the following flag

bearer scan /path/to/your-project/ --skip-rule=ruby_rails_default_encryption

To run only this rule during a scan, use the following flag

bearer scan /path/to/your-project/ --only-rule=ruby_rails_default_encryption