Database Security

WHITE PAPER: This white paper introduces SafeGuard Enterprise 5.40, an innovative solution from Sophos that fulfills all the requirements a company could have for protecting confidential data on mobile PCs and data media.

Posted: 19 Nov 2009 | Published: 19 Nov 2009

WHITE PAPER: Double-Take Software provides organizations with a solution that offers distinct recovery and protection advantages over manual Microsoft SQL built-in replication capabilities: Double-Take Availability saves more data real-time and restores that data in a much faster manner.

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 | Published: 16 Nov 2009

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: Bill Crowell, former Deputy Director of the NSA, is interviewed in this presentation transcript. He talks extensively about insider threats, shares some stories from the trenches, and discusses the nature of cybercrime. Bill also covers the importance of sensitive data protection – especially around mission-critical applications and databases.

Posted: 12 Nov 2009 | Published: 12 Nov 2009

PODCAST: Bill Crowell, former Deputy Director of the NSA, is interviewed in this podcast. He talks extensively about insider threats, shares some stories from the trenches, and discusses the nature of cybercrime. Bill also covers the importance of sensitive data protection –- especially around mission-critical applications and databases.

Posted: 12 Nov 2009 | Premiered: 12 Nov 2009

WEBCAST: Corporate databases are in constant danger. Outside criminals can exploit web applications and employees with malicious intent present an even greater threat. This webcast traces the steps involved in breaking into a database and presents a reference architecture and checklist for implementing iron-clad database security measures.

Posted: 12 Nov 2009 | Premiered: 12 Nov 2009

WHITE PAPER: This paper, designed for security and compliance professionals, illustrates how to achieve compliance on three of the most costly and complex sections: requirements 3, 6, and 10 of PCI DSS. This paper also highlights how Web application and database appliances can deliver resource effective compliance while maintaining cost efficiency.

Posted: 12 Nov 2009 | Published: 12 Nov 2009

WEBCAST: Databases are an important part of a company’s infrastructure, but they also tend to be rich with attack vectors to exploit. This webcast explores the many potential PostgreSQL external vulnerabilities and then shows how those vulnerabilities can be secured. Watch this webcast to learn how to protect one of your company’s most valued assets.

Posted: 09 Nov 2009 | Premiered: 09 Nov 2009

WHITE PAPER: The purpose of this whitepaper is to describe best practices for securing IBM System i/i-Series/AS400 systems and detail the AS400 monitoring service provided by SecureWorks.

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 | Published: 03 Nov 2009

PRESENTATION: This collection of slides from the Information Security Decisions Conference presents a practical 5 step plan toward achieving greater standards of database security and compliance. These steps consist of discovering, securing, monitoring, protecting and managing your databases. Download the slides to learn more.

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 | Published: 29 Oct 2009

WEBCAST: Most organizations have database discovery and maintenance plans, but surprisingly lack a database security plan. A piecemeal approach to securing the database is costly, inefficient, and creates gaps in protection and regulatory issues. View this webcast for tips from Forrester on how to design a comprehensive database security plan.

Posted: 23 Oct 2009 | Premiered: 23 Oct 2009

WHITE PAPER: This technical guide for database administrators and IT security experts demonstrates how you can protect your sensitive data with the native database encryption functions of Microsoft SQL Server 2008, such as cell-level encryption and Transparent Data Encryption, and manage and protect encryption keys with hardware security modules (HSMs).

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 | Published: 21 Oct 2009

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: Check out this transcript of a presentation given by Sumeet Bansal, Fusion-io Principal Solutions Architect, to learn how Fusion-io solutions enhance SQL server performance, improve customer experience, and optimize storage management systems.

Posted: 12 Oct 2009 | Published: 12 Oct 2009

WHITE PAPER: This tech brief presents eight recommendations to help you proactively address the difficulties of access control in a Microsoft-centric environment, and avoid the common pitfalls, risks and costs.

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 | Published: 02 Oct 2009

WEBCAST: When developing a security strategy, it is critical for businesses to consider their System i platform in order to protect themselves from data breaches. In this webcast, learn how to control network access on System i and protect your organization from data loss.

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 | Premiered: 25 Sep 2009

PODCAST: When developing a security strategy, it is critical for businesses to consider their System i platform in order to protect themselves from data breaches. In this podcast learn how to control network access on System i and protect your organization from data loss.

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 | Premiered: 25 Sep 2009

WHITE PAPER: This IDC white paper presents the benefits to enterprises adopting a preemptive approach to IPC, the internal threats to business information, the impact of government regulations on the protection of data, and highlights how Oracle provides database security products that enterprises can leverage to protect themselves from costly data breaches.

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 | Published: 25 Sep 2009

PODCAST: In this podcast, Gartner analyst Avivah Litan talks about the Heartland data breach in relation to current data security trends in the retail industry. Also, a discussion with Ernst & Young's Sagi Leizerov on data privacy in the retail industry reveals common trouble spots for retailers, including managing vendors and tracking customer purchases.

Posted: 23 Sep 2009 | Premiered: 23 Sep 2009

PODCAST: In this podcast, Adrian Lane will offer a countdown of the top five tips for ensuring a successful enterprise encryption implementation that thwarts attackers.

Posted: 18 Sep 2009 | Premiered: 18 Sep 2009

JOURNAL ARTICLE: Enterprises, particularly those that deal with personal or private data, are now squarely in the path of a perfect storm. The convergence of regulatory compliance, high-profile data breaches and increased sophistication of cyber-attackers has transformed data security from an interesting IT sideline to a bottom-line, corner-office priority.

Posted: 18 Sep 2009 | Published: 18 Sep 2009

TRIAL SOFTWARE: IT organizations are trying to support an increasing number of databases and database platforms. Meanwhile, database vendors are adding more features and updating their technology. DBAs must meet zero downtime requirements, and strict SLAs.

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 | Published: 10 Sep 2009

WHITE PAPER: In this whitepaper presented by the Edison Group, reveals how Oracle Database widens the manageability lead over Microsoft SQL Server 2008. The study shows how Oracle Database can save 43% in time and 41% in database management costs over Microsoft SQL Server 2008.

Posted: 09 Sep 2009 | Published: 09 Sep 2009

WHITE PAPER: These days, it is rare to find a company without a disaster recovery plan - a fact due in large part to a rash of high-profile disasters in recent years. The risks are too great to ignore. But many companies are still not doing enough to protect their businesses. This paper provides tips for how to protect your business.

Posted: 08 Sep 2009 | Published: 08 Sep 2009

PODCAST: Rich Mogull of Securosis answers the question, What is Data Loss Prevention (DLP)? In this podcast he discusses how DLP benefits business and shows examples of DLP usage in the real world.

Posted: 02 Sep 2009 | Premiered: 02 Sep 2009

VIDEO: Rich Mogull of Securosis answers the question, What is Data Loss Prevention (DLP)? In this videocast he discusses how DLP benefits business and shows examples of DLP usage in the real world.

Posted: 02 Sep 2009 | Premiered: 02 Sep 2009

WHITE PAPER: Read this paper to determine how best to protect your SQL environment when running SQL Server on Dell PowerEdge servers.

Posted: 01 Sep 2009 | Published: 01 Sep 2009