# Encrypt or decrypt values

Shape / columns

A variant of [Hash or mask a column](https://meridian.online/operations/hash-or-mask-a-column).

Encrypt values under a key so they can be decrypted later, or decrypt them back.

Page: <https://meridian.online/operations/hash-or-mask-a-column/encrypt-or-decrypt-values>

## Status

Not built yet.

arcform does not do this yet. [Its place on the roadmap](https://meridian.online/roadmap#hash-or-mask-a-column)

## What other tools call it

Meridian's classification; an independent blind rating agreed on 95.7% of 324 rows (variant, version 3).

- AWS Glue: [`Decrypt`](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/glue/latest/dg/aws-glue-api-pyspark-transforms-Decrypt.html) (read 2026-09-27)
- AWS Glue: [`Encrypt`](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/glue/latest/dg/aws-glue-api-pyspark-transforms-Encrypt.html) (read 2026-09-27)
- Apache Hop: [`PGP decrypt stream`](https://hop.apache.org/manual/latest/pipeline/transforms/pgpdecryptstream.html) (read 2026-09-27)
- Apache Hop: [`PGP encrypt stream`](https://hop.apache.org/manual/latest/pipeline/transforms/pgpencryptstream.html) (read 2026-09-27)
- Apache NiFi: [`DecryptContentAge`](https://nifi.apache.org/components/org.apache.nifi.processors.cipher.DecryptContentAge/) (read 2026-09-27)
- Apache NiFi: [`DecryptContentPGP`](https://nifi.apache.org/components/org.apache.nifi.processors.pgp.DecryptContentPGP/) (read 2026-09-27)
- Apache NiFi: [`EncryptContentAge`](https://nifi.apache.org/components/org.apache.nifi.processors.cipher.EncryptContentAge/) (read 2026-09-27)
- Apache NiFi: [`EncryptContentPGP`](https://nifi.apache.org/components/org.apache.nifi.processors.pgp.EncryptContentPGP/) (read 2026-09-27)
- Apache SeaTunnel: [`Encrypt`](https://seatunnel.apache.org/docs/transforms/encrypt) (read 2026-09-27)
- Talend: [`tDataDecrypt`](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/components/8.0/data-privacy/data-privacy-component) (read 2026-09-27)
- Talend: [`tDataEncrypt`](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/components/8.0/data-privacy/data-privacy-component) (read 2026-09-27)
