# How to resolve Sprinto check for enabling data encryption on Azure SQL Database
### About:
Sprinto check: Ensure that 'Data encryption' is set to 'On' on a SQL Database
The above-mentioned Sprinto check verifies that data encryption is enabled for your Azure SQL databases. Data encryption helps protect your data at rest by encrypting the database files on the storage level.
### Purpose:
This check ensures that your Azure SQL database data is encrypted at rest, providing an additional layer of protection against unauthorized access or data breaches. Enabling data encryption can safeguard sensitive information stored in your SQL databases, even if the underlying storage is compromised.
### How to fix this check:
Follow the below steps to resolve this check:
#### Before you begin
* Ensure you have administrator privileges to manage Azure SQL database configuration.
#### Enabling Data Encryption
1. Log in to the [Azure Portal](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/get-started/azure-portal) using your credentials.
2. Navigate to the SQL Databases service.
3. Select the SQL Database from the list for which you wish to configure.
4. Click on Date Encryption under Security from the left-side navigation bar.
5. On the Transparent date encryption tab, review the data encryption status. If it shows "Unencrypted,” turn on the data encryption option. Click Save to apply the changes.
6. Repeat the above steps for each SQL Database that stores critical data.
Sprinto will detect the configuration change and set the check status to "Passing."
Contact [Sprinto support](mailto:www.support@sprinto.com) if you have any queries related to the check or need assistance.
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