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. 

Databases store extraordinarily valuable and confidential data. An increasing number of compliance regulations compel organizations to audit access to this sensitive data and protect it from attack and abuse. 

In this white paper you’ll see that granular access control can only be achieved through aligning the application user model with the database security system. 

Although most organizations are taking stronger measures to protect their data, significant gaps still exist at the very core — their databases. Commissioned by Oracle, this Forrester paper will help you formulate a database security strategy. 

For each threat, the paper describes background information, general risk mitigation strategies, and the database protection provided by Imperva SecureSphere Database Security Solutions. 

This document addresses the most critical of database infrastructure threats by providing a top ten list as identified by Imperva's Application Defense Center. Background information, risk mitigation strategies, and an overview of Imperva's SecureSphere Database Security Gateway protections are provided for each threat. 

Most organizations suffer from data security vulnerabilities within their databases. In addition to the need for securing business data, regulations across industries demand compliance with standards regarding data access, auditing, segregation of duties and the protection of personally identifiable information (PII). 

Increased difficulty in protecting data has heightened the need for organizations to simplify compliance and reduce costs by replacing manual, resource-intensive audit processes with automated controls for all their enterprise applications. Read this data sheet to learn how Guardium 7 addresses the entire database security and compliance lifecycle. 

This white paper explores the top 5 reasons why protecting the valuable and confidential information stored within databases is vital for maintaining the integrity and reputation of organisations everywhere—not to mention ensuring regulatory compliance. 

Given that Sybase ASE can now be deployed as the foundation for SAP Business Suite and BW implementations (in addition to Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server and IBM DB2), the information is relevant to SAP customers installing a new instance of SAP or looking to migrate their existing SAP installation to a different database. 

While databases are the warehouses of the most valuable information assets in the enterprise, many organizations today do poorly to protect them. In this paper, discover how to protect your database and data assets with McAfee Database Security Solution, a multi-tiered solution that can help defend against threats and eliminate vulnerabilities.   

Implementing Database Security and Auditing (Elsevier Digital Press) is the definitive guide for information security professionals, DBAs and auditors. You can now download Chapter 12, “Auditing Categories”.  In this chapter, you’ll learn which audit logging trails you need to address key security and compliance requirements. 

Tanya Baccum, SANS Institute analyst, discusses the importance of having an appropriate IT security strategy that mitigates risk to databases by introducing key steps and controls to effective database security.