Database Security

As databases continue to grow in size, complexity and importance, enterprises struggle to identify the most appropriate controls regarding their use and misuse. The most effective database security implementations will leverage controls across administrative, preventive and detective controls. The report identifies best practices, including: Implementing database activity monitoring to mitigate the high levels of risk from database vulnerabilities, and address audit findings in areas such as database segregation of duties and change management; using data security measures, such as data masking and data encryption; and monitoring privileged-user access and access to critical data. Gartner Inc., Jeffrey Wheatman, 29 November 2011.

The Symantec 2012 Endpoint Security Best Practices Survey reveals that organizations employing best practices are enjoying dramatically better outcomes when it comes to endpoint protection, and many of these best practices can-and should-be leveraged by SMBs.

In the never-ending race to stay ahead of the competition, companies are developing advanced capabilities to store, process, and analyze vast amounts of data from social networks, sensors, IT systems, and other sources to improve business intelligence and decisioning capabilities.This report will help security and risk professionals understand how to control and properly protect sensitive information in this era of big data.

Have you considered the suitability of spreadsheets for business planning and more importantly, the danger they pose to the security and competitiveness of your organization? If not, here are six questions you should ask yourself.

SOA implementations tend to be complex, IT decision makers should carefully consider their choice of a SOA platform in terms of its ability to simplify the fundamental development, deployment, and management tasks involved. Read on.

Read this white paper for an explanation of how business process management melds with complex event processing. The combination nets intelligent business processes that react to changing business conditions in real time.

This IDC study uses the IDC MarketScape model to assess capabilities of vendors to support complex process improvement scenarios using BPM software.

This white paper describes how to successfully consolidate your database onto a private cloud through several deployment models.

This white paper provides valuable insight on how to build an HR strategy that produces results in any economy.

An organization cannot sustain long-term success without managing its information effectively... Building a foundation for information governance is your next step.

Sr. Director of Engineering Sid Jain describes how Product Partners implemented Oracle Service Bus to achieve agility through service virtualization,

Advanced Compression with Database 11g Release 2 helps you manage more data in a cost-effective manner. With data volumes, on average, tripling every two years, Oracle Advanced Compression delivers compression rates of 2-4x across all types of data and applications. Read this white paper to learn more about how Oracle Advanced Compression can help you reduce the disk space and costs of managing large data volumes.

Oracle Database Vault provides the flexible transparent and highly adaptable security controls required in today's global economy.

Addressing regulatory compliance requirements and protecting against insider threats in a global economy requires a defense-in-depth approach to security. Auditing is a critical component of the defense-in-depth architecture, enforcing the trust but verify principle.

As you read this paper, temporarily put aside notions of how a database management system should work, and be open to new ways of thinking. Be prepared to do less, not more, to achieve a better result.

In this white paper you will learn how data classification can be one of the most cost-effective methods for ensuring the value of data is maximized while still being used securely and how it can be a critical component to successfully govern information at an enterprise.

Agile Data Management eliminates these barriers and reduces the cost and risk of short, parallel development projects. The paper discusses common challenges and technical solutions for addressing them.

As processor, memory, and disk technology have improved, HP ProLiant G7 servers have become ideal platforms for consolidating applications with virtual machines. Find out about HP 3G SATA hot plug solid state disks!

Ready for 2048-bit SSL? The Iron Age is officially over. The Cloud Age is here. Don't let stronger security compromise performance. Download the Citrix and Verisign White Paper and the NetScaler Performance Comparison now.

Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools looked to establish a 1:1 computing program that would provide 6,000 Apple computers to its students and teachers. Find out more in this case study!

By leveraging SRMXtender, you can now standardize on SRM and protect your entire server inventory, not just the subset deployed on ESX hosts. Try it NOW!

This paper describes the fundamental steps for performing capacity planning.

Today, the cloud stirs up all manner of possibilities for handling data protection, but the cloud also brings many challenges: security, bandwidth, connection availability and data recovery.

These days securing access to cloud applications is critical, yet the current approach relying on single passwords leaves businesses susceptible to compromise. Read this whitepaper to find out more how to secure your cloud based applications using Okta's MFA solution.

This free Sybase presentation provides a high-level overview of Complex Event Processing (CEP).