September 25, 2009 - (Free Research) This ESG Research Brief analyzes the current state of database security and categorizes databases as a “dangerous and growing security gap”. Read this brief which offers steps to improve database security across the enterprise.
June 04, 2010 - (Free Research) The first step in protecting sensitive data is knowing where it all resides. Most enterprises lack an integrated solution to find the databases deployed across the network and then search the databases and documents to discover all sensitive information.
January 01, 2010 - (Free Research) There have been many changes recently in computing architecture, from dedicated servers in the data center to virtualization and cloud computing, and this has new implications for data protection. Read this paper to find out how to address these security challenges.
January 2008 - (Free Research) Download this Forrester commissioned case study and learn how a global F500 company simplified database monitoring for SOX and generated a 239% ROI and 5.9 months payback without impacting performance or requiring changes to their IT infrastructure.
February 2010 - (Free Research) Most of the world's sensitive data is stored in commercial database systems, which makes them an increasingly attractive target for criminals. This white paper discusses 8 essential best practices and provides a holistic approach to both safeguarding databases and achieving compliance with key regulations.
April 2009 - (Free Research) Authored by database security expert Ron Ben Natan, Ph.D., "HOWTO Secure and Audit Oracle 10g and 11g" (CRC Press) is the definitive 454-page guide for both security pros and DBAs. Chapter 2, presented here, covers topics central to hardening the database.
February 2009 - (Free Research) This document focuses on each level of security, starting at the server level and working our way down to database objects such as Server Security, Database Security, Schema Security and Object Security.
August 2010 - (Free Research) This complimentary report, authored by Jeffrey Wheatman, research director within Gartner's Information Security, Risk Management and Privacy research group, includes Gartner's compiled list of 10 critical database activities and behaviors that enterprises should be auditing now. Read this report now to learn more.
June 2010 - (Free Research) In this webcast, Blue Gecko, experts in remote database administration and an Amazon Web Services Partner, and Sentrigo, a leader in database security solutions, will deepen your understanding of the aspects you have to consider before planning to deploy your databases in the cloud.
July 2009 - (Free Research) Read the "Database Activity Monitoring (DAM)" chapter from "HOWTO Secure and Audit Oracle 10g and 11g" (CRC Press, 2009) and learn how to leverage DAM to prevent SQL injection attacks, monitor privileged users and track access to sensitive data.
February 2010 - (Free Research) The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) holds senior management of publicly held companies accountable for establishing and maintaining the accuracy of their companies’ financial reporting. Read this solution brief to learn about a compliance solution that can address SOX requirements through automation of the database security and compliance lifecycles.
October 2008 - (Free Research) This white paper explains how users, managers, and network administrators view and utilize SharePoint. It also explains how SharePoint works for both SharePoint users and architects.
July 2010 - (Free Research) Outbound content sent from any communications tools or stored on laptops and removable storage devices must be monitored and managed in order to minimize risk and to ensure that the content is appropriate and in compliance with an organization’s policies, statutory obligations and industry best practices. Read this paper to learn more.
August 2010 - (Free Research) Read this paper to find out how some out-of-the-box controls are not always available for direct SQL access. As a result, for many enterprises, SQL access for remote database account management is being done IN THE CLEAR, potentially exposing the enterprise to a critical security breach and significant compliance issues.
August 2010 - (Free Research) In this exclusive Podcast presentation, Nemertes Research Senior Vice President and Founding Partner Andreas Antonopoulos provides an executive overview of the security issues of securing database-centric applications and the key tactics essential to success.
September 2009 - (Free Research) With Oracle Database 11g powerful privileged user and multi-factor access control, data classification, and data masking, organizations can deploy reliable data security solutions that do not require any changes to existing applications, minimizing the costs associated with regulatory compliance and the deployment of strong internal controls.
February 2010 - (Free Research) With Informix, you can count on hassle-free, low-cost data management and focus your resources on work that creates value for your business. Read this e-book to learn more.
August 2010 - (Free Research) Safeguarding data is critical for many organizations, but auditing data access activity to comply with regulatory standards can be a complex undertaking. As part of its initiative to simplify IT, the Dell IT group implemented the Guardium platform and database activity monitoring technology. Read this paper to learn so much more.
July 2010 - (Free Research) In this paper you’ll learn how Snapshots use a copy-on-write operation that minimizes the drive space required for each snapshot. Unless there are changes in the original database, the snapshots will remain empty. Queries to the snapshot for unchanged records will automatically be redirected to the original database.
March 2010 - (Free Research) Microsoft SQL Server has evolved over the years as a scalable, robust database management system and is now competing in the VLDB (Very Large Database) space with Oracle and IBM. This white paper outlines some of theimportant fundamentals of Microsoft SQL Server that every DBA should know.
