Upgrade Your Security with PowerBuilder

PowerBuilder 2022 R3 provides numerous new features to strengthen your application security, many of which can be implemented with minimal effort.

TLS 1.2 Compliance

Application Encryption

Projects deployed with the PowerClient are securely installed and updated to users over HTTPS. The client application will be automatically encrypted to prevent source code theft or tampering, automatically verified for integrity before executing to avoid executing harmful files, and digitally signed to conform to security best practices.

Web Service Security

TLS 1.3 Compliance

Secure HTTP & Database communication with TLS 1.3 by using HTTPClient and MSOLEDBSQL. TLS 1.2 is the minimum level considered to be secure, and is required for numerous regulatory compliances (e.g. PCI, HIPAA, GDPR, etc.).

TLS 1.2 Compliance

Web Service Security

Authenticate SOAP or REST Web services with OAuth2.0 or JWT tokens by utilizing the new HTTPClient. OAuth2.0 is considered to be far more secure than older authentication schemes, especially basic authentication. You can also secure your REST Web services with two-way TLS Authentication.  

Web Service Security

Data Encryption

Encrypt your data with some of today’s strongest asymmetric and symmetric encryption algorithms. All key encryption-related steps from generating keys to verifying data integrity can be performed natively in PowerScript.

Data Encryption

WebView2 Web Browser

Improve Web browser security by replacing the obsolete OLE browser (Internet Explorer 7) with the WebView2 WebBrowser control. Internet Explorer 7 has many known security vulnerabilities and is no longer maintained by Microsoft.

Chromium Web Browser

Runtime File Signing

All PowerBuilder runtime DLLs are now digitally signed (starting with PowerBuilder 2019 R2 version). Signing these DLLs ensures PowerBuilder’s runtime has not been tampered with or corrupted.