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SANS 20 Critical IT Controls – #10: Continuous Vulnerability Assessment
Sam AlapatiDatabase security, DSS (Data Security Standard)Leave a Comment on SANS 20 Critical IT Controls – #10: Continuous Vulnerability Assessment

Attackers are constantly are on the prowl for new vulnerabilities to exploit. You can expect hackers to launch numerous attacks right after vulnerabilities are discovered and announced. That is why it is important to apply vulnerability patches almost immediately after the vendor makes the patch available to you.

Making the most of Oracle Support
Sam AlapatiDatabase security, Oracle database, Oracle: News You Can Use1 Comment on Making the most of Oracle Support

earchOracle.com has just today, published an article title: Has the Phrase Oracle Support become an Oxymoron? Well, the article lashes into Oracle by referring to customer complaints about how well Oracle Support responds to customer support requests. The paper provides results of a study that say that only 54% of all Oracle’s customers are “satisfied” with its support infrastructure.

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 […]

What is Oracle Data Masking?
Sam AlapatiAccess management, Center of Internet Security (CIS), Compliance, Contract Lifecycle management, Cost Containment/Negotiation, Database security, IT Security, Oracle database, Security Assessments, Security RiskLeave a Comment on What is Oracle Data Masking?

Oracle Data Masking is an Option offered for use with Oracle’s databases. Data masking provides a way to de-identify data. When might a company need to de-identify its data? Well, companies service their customers through data stored in their production databases. However, the production database isn’t the only place that sensitive data is stored. Almost every company supports its production databases with various data stores called testing, development or staging databases. Privacy and regulatory mandates call for securing and protecting […]

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