D1.4 - EXPLAIN THE SECURITY CAPABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH EACH SNOWFLAKE EDITION

Question 1

Column-Level Security

Answer 1

Column-level security allows the application of a masking policy to a column within a table or view.

Currently, column-level security includes two features Dynamic Data Masking, or External Tokenization

Question 2

Snowflake Editions

Answer 2

• Standard edition
• Enterprise edition
• Business Critical edition
• Private Snowflake

Question 3

Snowflake: Standard Edition

Answer 3

• Standard edition is the introductory level offering, providing full, unlimited access to all of Snowflake’s standard features.
• It provides a strong balance between features, level of support, and cost.

Question 4

Snowflake: Enterprise Edition

Answer 4

Enterprise edition provides all the features and services of Standard edition, with additional features designed specifically for the needs of large-scale enterprises and organizations.

Question 5

Snowflake: Business Critical Edition

Answer 5

• Business critical edition, formerly known as Enterprise for Sensitive Data (ESD), offers even higher levels of data protection to support the needs of organizations with extremely sensitive data, particularly PHI data that must comply with HIPAA and HITRUST CSF regulations.
• It includes all the features and services of enterprise edition, with the addition of enhanced security and data protections.
• In addition, database failover/failback adds support for business continuity and disaster recovery.

Question 6

Snowflake: Private

Answer 6

• Private snowflake offers our highest level of security for organizations that have the strictest requirements, such as financial institutions and any other large enterprises that collect, analyze, and share highly sensitive data
• It includes all the features and services of Business Critical edition, but in a completely separate Snowflake environment, isolated from all Snowflake accounts (i.e. VPS accounts do not share any resources with accounts outside the VPS)