A method for performing data encryption and application-agnostic querying of encrypted data includes identifying, via a processor, selected data for encryption. Encryption is applied to the selected data, to produce encrypted data. A query is received at the processor, the query originating from a software application. The query is translated into a modified query compatible with the encrypted data. The processor causes execution of the modified query, to produce query results. The query results include a subset of the encrypted data. The query results are sent to the software application without decrypting the subset of the encrypted data.