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Exclusive: Former MySQL boss Marten Mickos talks open source
Comment Marten Mickos is probably best known for his time as chief executive of open source database company MySQL, a position he held from 2001 until the beginning of 2009. During his time there, he guided the company to a... [19 Nov 2009]
8 Steps to Holistic Database Security
White Paper SQL injection attacks, malfeasance by insiders and regulatory requirements are driving organizations to find new ways to secure their corporate and customer data found in commercial database systems such as Oracle,... [13 Nov 2009]
Addressing the Insider Threat: Improving Database Security to Manage Risk Within the Federal Government
White Paper In 2006, OIG reports highlighted database security deficiencies at several agencies, igniting congressional action and censure. Cyber attacks are no longer the work of bored teens defacing Web sites. The bad guys,... [13 Nov 2009]
Regulatory Compliance at the Database Level: Addressing the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS) 1.1 With DbProtect From Application Security, Inc.
White Paper Ground Compliance in the Database Where Data Lives - at their core, nearly all compliance mandates require organizations to establish and document controls as well as monitor for violations of those controls. [13 Nov 2009]
Implementing Database Security and Auditing
White Paper This paper is about database security and auditing. By reading it one will learn many methods and techniques that will be helpful in securing, monitoring, and auditing database environments. The paper... [13 Nov 2009]
Assuring PCI-DSS Compliance With Real-Time Database Security and Monitoring
White Paper Database encryption, the most obvious solution, is complex, costly and can take years to retrofit into legacy applications. The Payment Card Information Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS) was created in 2004 by the leading... [13 Nov 2009]
Defending Against New and Emerging Database Threats for 2009
White Paper IT Security is constantly evolving and threats increasingly target the database. Application Security, Inc.and their SHATTER research team have developed the industry's largest knowledgebase of database... [13 Nov 2009]
A Comparative Analysis of DAM Vs. Native Database Auditing Vs. Database Log Analysis With a SIEM or Log Manager
White Paper It does make a lot of sense to use a DAM with a SIM so one has the holistic picture of database events in tandem with other security events such as the OS, application logs, IDS's and firewalls. One can benefit from... [13 Nov 2009]
Addressing the Top 5 Database Vulnerabilities Plaguing Federal Agencies
White Paper According to the recently released Verizon 2009 Data Breach Report, 285 million records were compromised in 2008. Agencies of the U.S.government such as The Pentagon, NASA, FAA, The Army, The Veterans Administration, and the Los Alamos... [13 Nov 2009]
Reviewing Database User Rights: Addressing Security, Risk and Compliance Challenges With Comprehensive Planning
White Paper Today's business environment demands that a broad range of internal and external users require access to data. Users include internal employees, as well as external consultants, partners, and clients. [13 Nov 2009]
Addressing PCI Compliance Via the Database
White Paper With the recent changes in the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS), organizations that were slow to adopt the standard have found that the rules increasingly apply to them. The responsibility to protect cardholder... [13 Nov 2009]
SQL Server Anti-Forensics: Techniques and Countermeasures
White Paper This paper attempts to get ahead of the curve by discussing the techniques security professionals can use to perform forensics analysis after a database attack. It focus specifically on Microsoft SQL Server 2005, however... [13 Nov 2009]
Encoded Automated SQL Injection Attacks
White Paper The primary characteristic of these attacks is a binary encoded SQL command injected in the database through a vulnerable web page-Once the command is executed; the database is scoured for text-based... [13 Nov 2009]
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) and Application Security
White Paper Application Security Inc's database security solutions, in use by more than 1,000 organizations worldwide, bolster SOX compliance efforts by grounding compliance where the data lives - in the database. [13 Nov 2009]
Configuring the Relay Server With Apache Using SSL
White Paper MobiLink already provides a highly scalable session-based synchronization system that allows bidirectional data transfer between a main database, called the consolidated database, and many remote databases. [13 Nov 2009]
