Encrypted Essbase Backup

HI
Currently we are taking backup of essbase into .dat or .txt file...but both file can be changed. As a result, it will loose the security of the backup. Kindly let me know how can i get secure backup from essbase?
Thanks

Text files are not encrypted, regardless of extension, or even no extension.
Glenn pointed out that the binary files that are Essbase's data on disk are already encrypted.
If this is a BSO database, you could use DATAEXPORT's bin format to give you a measure of encryption, or at least the inability to read an export file in a text editor and see numbers.
Have you looked at real encryption tools? A quick search on the web turns up this Pretty Good Privacy page:
http://www.cryptography.org/getpgp.htm
I am no cryptologist, to put it mildly, so I think the above is just a starting point.
Surely your IT department does this on a regular basis with other data types -- perhaps they would be a resource to turn to?
Regards,
Cameron Lackpour

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