fbpx
 

Category: Database security

How Data Loss Prevention Technology Can Help You
Scott D. RosenbergAccess management, Compliance, Database security, DSS (Data Security Standard), Identity management, IT Security, Oracle database, PCI (Payment Card Industry), Risk, Security Assessments, Security Risk1 Comment on How Data Loss Prevention Technology Can Help You

Data Loss Prevention (DLP) is one of the key IT security measures a company must undertake. DLP is one of the 20 Critical IT Security Controls that the nonprofit security training agency SAN recommends. A recent news item provides a great real life of how Nationwide Insurance used DLP technology to prevent an employee’s unlawful activities. Nationwide recently installed new monitoring software to prevent unlawful transmission of data by its employees. The software snagged Qiang “Michael” Bi, a 36-year old […]

Using Oracle Database Firewall
Scott D. RosenbergAccess management, Center of Internet Security (CIS), Compliance, Contract Lifecycle management, Cost Containment/Negotiation, Database security, DSS (Data Security Standard), Enterprise Agreement, GRC (Governance, HIPAA, Identity management, IT Asset Management, IT Security, Licensing Change Alert, Microsoft Licensing Compliance, Microsoft Licensing Tip, Microsoft: News You Can Use, Miro News, Oracle database, Oracle Licensing Compliance, Oracle Licensing Tip, Oracle: News You Can Use, PCI (Payment Card Industry), Risk, Security Assessments, Security Risk, software asset management, Software audit, SQL, Uncategorized, VirtualizationLeave a Comment on Using Oracle Database Firewall

We’re all familiar with network firewalls, which prevent unauthorized access to your network from external sources. However, network firewalls don’t protect your databases from malicious attacks, which sometimes come disguised as privileged internal users. Web applications are a major source of data attacks, through stratagems such as SQL Injection, for example. Oracle’s Database Firewall (a product Oracle gained through its acquisition of Secerno, a British firm, in 2010) offers a solid defensive perimeter to monitor and enforce accepted behavior on […]

The New Ponemon Institute End Point Security Report
Scott D. RosenbergAccess management, Compliance, Database security, Identity management, IT Security, Oracle database, Risk, Security Assessments, Security RiskLeave a Comment on The New Ponemon Institute End Point Security Report

Ponemon Institute has just (Dec 2010) released a new State of Endpoint report (http://www.lumension.com/Media_Files/Documents/Marketing—Sales/Others/Ponemon—State-of-Endpoint-Risk.aspx). The study, sponsored by Lumension, reveals that a full 64 percent of the 570 respondents surveyed report that their networks are less secure than they were a year ago, or they aren’t sure. And 58 percent report that their security costs are increasing, with malware incidents being the main driver of the escalating costs. A very interesting thing to note is the fact that most IT […]

Data Loss Prevention
Sam AlapatiAccess management, Database security, DSS (Data Security Standard), IT Asset Management, IT Security, Oracle database, Risk, Security AssessmentsLeave a Comment on Data Loss Prevention

Data Loss Prevention (DLP) is something companies are devoting considerable attention to in recent years, and for good reason. DLP refers to efforts to keep confidential information from being leaked or stolen. Whether an employee sends secret documents and data to a rival or an employee accidentally exposes social security numbers on the wide open internet it’s all considered a failure of a company’s DLP efforts. DLP seeks to protect various types of data, including data relating to regulatory compliance, […]

In Archive