Question Strength of encrytption used in MS Access 2010 and 2013

[KevinM]

Using MS Access 2010 'ACCDB' file type.

I've been asked to encrypt the db and if it is using 'AES256'?

Is this the default stanfard for 2010 and is it any stronger for 2013?

Can it be changed in the Windows registry/MS Office settings?

 

[The_Doc_Man]

Did a search for "MS Access Encryption Standard" and found a couple of links. Somewhere in here you might find something useful. Just remember that if the tables are encrypted, then to be useful, everyone will need the same key, and a key shared is a less secure key.


https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/F...ion-algorithm-for-access-2013?forum=accessdev

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/...is-used-for-password-protecting-ms-access-200

http://databases.about.com/od/access/fl/Understanding-Microsoft-Access-2013-Encryption.htm

https://bytes.com/topic/access/insights/906850-aes-encryption-algorithm-vba-vbscript