The default configurations of many hardware and software products aren’t designed with security in mind, although that has been steadily changing over time.
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The default configurations of many hardware and software products aren’t designed with security in mind, although that has been steadily changing over time.
Most companies do a pretty good job of keeping an inventory of all their hardware such as servers, work stations, laptops and PD As. However, companies don’t usually put the same type of effort into tracking software that’s installed on…
Cyber attackers are constantly devising ways to hack into computer systems. You may have several test and development databases lying around across your in a semi-protected fashion. Or, your company may have recently bought and assigned a bunch of laptops.…
Most people are aware of Oracle’s Advanced Security Option (ASO), but many aren’t quite sure as to what exactly this option offers you. I know most people understand that data encryption is the most common reason one looks at the…
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.
It’s common practice to authorized application users to use approved channels such as web application form, for example, to access the Oracle database. But what happens if a user accesses the database through other, non approved channels?
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…
One of the key concerns of many employers is how far their systems are secure from unauthorized access to sensitive information.
