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How Do I Use the Online Tool to Encrypt or Decrypt Small Volumes of Data?

You can use the online tool to encrypt or decrypt data in the following procedures:

Encrypting Data

  1. Log in to the management console.
  2. Click in the upper left corner of the management console and select a region or project.
  3. Click . Choose Security & Compliance > Data Encryption Workshop.
  1. Click the alias of a custom key to view its details, and go to the online tool for data encryption and decryption.
  2. Click Encrypt. In the text box on the left, enter the data to be encrypted. For details, see Figure 1.

    Figure 1 Encrypting data

  3. Click Execute. Ciphertext of the data is displayed in the text box on the right.

    • Use the current CMK to encrypt the data.
    • You can click Clear to clear the entered data.
    • You can click Copy to Clipboard to copy the ciphertext and save it in a local file.

Decrypting Data

  1. Log in to the management console.
  2. Click in the upper left corner of the management console and select a region or project.
  3. Click . Choose Security & Compliance > Data Encryption Workshop.
  1. You can click any non-default key in Enabled status to go to the encryption and decryption page of the online tool.
  2. Click Decrypt. In the text box on the left, enter the data to be decrypted. For details, see Figure 2.

    • The tool will identify the original encryption CMK and use it to decrypt the data.
    • However, if the CMK has been deleted, the decryption fails.
    Figure 2 Decrypting data

  3. Click Execute. Plaintext of the data is displayed in the text box on the right.

    You can click Copy to Clipboard to copy the plaintext and save it in a local file.

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