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Category: Database security

Ethical Hackers Find Oracle Vulnerability
Wayne FedericoDatabase security, Risk, Security Assessments, Security RiskLeave a Comment on Ethical Hackers Find Oracle Vulnerability

CNN recently interviewed two hackers Bryan Seely Ben Caudill, who discovered an unsettling security hole, uncovering intimate details like children’s school records, including detailed bus route information; arrest and prosecution information from a major Midwestern city; and the real names and numbers of intelligence agents visiting a major American port.

Enact and Redact: Data Redaction feature of Oracle Advanced Security Enterprise Option in 12c
Kevin TurnerBYOD, Database security, Oracle 11g, Oracle database, Security Assessments, Security RiskLeave a Comment on Enact and Redact: Data Redaction feature of Oracle Advanced Security Enterprise Option in 12c

With today’s growing concerns regarding the security on BYO devices (BYOD) such as smartphones, tablets, and laptops; it is critical to ensure sensitive data is not exposed. Enacting security policies and procedures that help remove or reduce these concerns is mandatory in today’s world. Data Redaction is a new feature of the Oracle Advanced Security Enterprise Option introduced with version 12c. It is still a feature that must be licensed separately from Oracle Database Enterprise Edition 12c, but it goes […]

Difference between Oracle’s Exadata and Exalogic
Sam AlapatiDatabase security, Oracle database, Oracle: News You Can UseLeave a Comment on Difference between Oracle’s Exadata and Exalogic

Oracle Exadata (Oracle Exadata Database Machine) is strictly a data processing solution offered by Oracle. Initially conceived and promoted as a solution for mainly large data warehouse data load processing, Oracle now boldly proclaims that Exadata is suitable for high concurrency OLTP applications as well.

How to Avoid a Giant Security Breach
Scott D. RosenbergDatabase security, IT SecurityLeave a Comment on How to Avoid a Giant Security Breach

Security breaches are bad news, for everyone involved. Some companies don’t come back from them – others take years to gain their reputation back, not to mention the huge costs of upgrading the network to prevent it from happening again. Miro’s security expert Sam Alapati just published a Front IT Blog on ITInsideronline about preventing such a breach. He offers some really simple, yet important, tips for securing your organization. Check it out!

Data Encryption Following Recent Security Breaches
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Following the numerous recent security breaches in the news, many organizations are considering the need to encrypt their enterprise data, especially sensitive data that contains personally identifiable information (Social Security Numbers are a good example) and financial information such as credit card numbers. With Oracle, we suggest Oracle Encryption using the Oracle Advanced Security Option. The ASO Option is a straight forward, no-code solution for data encryption to protect data throughout its life cycle. Implementing ASO is fairly easy, and […]

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