Specifies the provider for data encryption. For information about data encryption, see "Encrypting databases on disk" in the .

If this attribute is not specified, the default encryption provider is the one included in the JVM that you are using.

The encryptionProvider attribute must be combined with the bootPassword=key and dataEncryption=true attributes. You can also specify the encryptionAlgorithm=algorithm attribute.

For an existing, unencrypted database for which authentication and SQL authorization are both enabled, only the database owner can perform encryption or reencryption. Please see "Enabling user authentication" and "Setting the SQL standard authorization mode" in the for more information.