The increasingly sophisticated nature of information theft, and the continued emergence of new data privacy protection regulations worldwide, requires strong data security. Effective information security starts by protecting data at the source - the databases in which it resides. Read on to learn more. 

Authored by Ron Ben Natan, Ph.D., author of "HOWTO Secure and Audit Oracle 10g and 11g" (CRC Press, March 2009), this white paper describes 8 essential best practices that provide a holistic approach to safeguarding databases and achieving compliance. 

Read this solution brief to learn how the Dell EqualLogic PS Series' bundled Auto-Snapshot Manager and Auto-Replication features are used to effectively integrate with VMware for scalable online data protection of the complete virtual infrastructure. This paper also discusses protection and simplification for the virtual environment. 

In this video, IT professionals from the Symantec ManageFusion Conference 2009, talk about the security benefits of Intel vPro technology - which include the ability to deploy software patches faster into the installed PC base, and the ability to quarantine infected PCs and remotely remediate them. 

Sawmill is a powerful hierarchical log analysis tool that runs on every major platform and operating system. 

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. 

The monetizing of economic crime in Web 2.0 makes Web security a top priority for security pros. Traditional defenses are obsolete, so view this videocast and learn best practices for creating a new approach to Web security. 

This network-based scanning utility provides comprehensive visibility into the IT environment through in-depth scans and the automated discovery of all assets, both managed and unmanaged. Scan up to 25 nodes. 

Register for this 45 minute webcast featuring Richard Moulds, author of "Key Management for Dummies" and EVP Product Strategy at Thales (formerly nCipher). Moulds will cover the different strategies and solutions needed when protecting data at rest, data in motion and data in use. 

This demo provides an overview of challenges in monitoring and troubleshooting network performance issues in the diverse world of applications, and provides an overview of how Blue Coat helps you see traffic at the application level, track user performance, monitor voice and video quality, effectively troubleshoot and RESOLVE performance problems. 

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. 

Criminals focus on exploiting web application vulnerabilities in order to plant malware and thus infect clients who visit websites. Read this report to learn more about the drivers behind web hacking, the vulnerabilities hackers exploit, and the types of organizations attacked most often. 

This issue of information security magazine provides a step-by-step guide to securing database systems, explores the important factors in selecting a SaaS provider, presents a whole new approach to security management that has nothing to do with structure-driven policy architecture, and more.