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Home > Data Management > Database Security Database Security is the system, processes, and procedures that protect a database from unintended activity. Unintended activity can be categorized as authorized misuse, malicious attacks or inadvertent mistakes made by authorized individuals or processes. Traditionally databases have been protected from external connections by firewalls or routers on the network perimeter with the database environment existing on the internal network. Results 1 - 25 of 67 matches Sort Results By : Published Date | Title | Company name Making the Business Case for Database Assurance By : Preventia Published Date: Aug 18, 2008 Database hacking is one of the fastest-growing security threats to confidential business information. This paper sets out the business benefits and cost savings associated with such technology. It also presents valuable guidance to user organizations on how to go about developing and presenting a professional business case for acquiring and implementing this technology. Download Now IDC Workbook: Assess the Value of Deduplication for your Storage Consolidation Initiatives By : Data Domain Published Date: Aug 06, 2008 Enterprises are caught between the continued growth in the amount of data they create, store, and depend on, and the need to consolidate IT resources to reduce costs and create a more 'green' IT environment. But while organizations have worked to reduce IT footprint, they must balance the need to improve resource utilization with more efficient protection and recovery capabilities, all in the face of increasing capacity pressures. Download the IDC Workbook: Protecting Data in the Context of Enterprise Infrastructure Consolidation and Data Growth: The Rise of New Technologies. Download Now The Undocumented Layers of the OSI Model and Their Surprising Influence By : SECNAP Network Security Corporation Published Date: Jun 18, 2008 Politics, Religion and Economics exert enormous influence on decision-making and the integrity of IT programs—and often result in sub-par decisions that open the door to malicious intrusion or attack.  Michael Scheidell and his talented technical team know how difficult it can be to create positive change in an organization, even when obvious vulnerabilities exist.  When it comes to navigating the executive suite and undocumented layers of the OSI model, the staff at SECNAP® Network Security have the experience to assist IT management in developing effective strategies to successfully drive security improvements.   Download This Paper Now… Download Now How Institutions Should Respond to Data Breaches By : Debix Published Date: Jun 12, 2008 Fraud preventative solutions are designed to avert new accounts fraud before it occurs. The strategic advantage of fraud prevention therefore lies in the ability avoid losses to institutions and consumers. Download Now Expanding Roles of Data Management Professionals: A Survey From Industry Peers By : CA Mainframe Published Date: May 13, 2008 Data Professionals are now being asked to perform higher-level tasks and interact with businesses as “data stewards”.  In this survey, you will learn the challenges as outlined by over 850 data professionals. Get this CA-sponsored survey of the International DB2 Users Group (IDUG) conducted by Unisphere Research. The closer link between corporate performance and database performance is increasing pressure on data professionals to provide higher-level services to enterprise business customers. Download Now 5 Steps to Better Data Security By : Sterling Commerce Published Date: Apr 28, 2008 With everything from national security to regulatory compliance to the confidence of the citizenry at stake, the need for ironclad data security is greater than ever. Read what you can do to secure your organization’s file transfer from internal and external threats. Download Now IT Departments on Data Security: A Research Concepts Survey By : Absolute Software Published Date: Apr 17, 2008 A survey of 185 IT professionals finds that, although computer and data security are high priorities, they are surprisingly unprepared to prevent data breaches and computer theft. 1 out of 4 organizations surveyed had a data breach in the past year. Preventative measures are found to be consistently undermined, with only 1 in 100 employees consistently following security policy. This white paper explores the survey findings. Download Now Data Leakage Landscape: Where Data Leaks & How Next Generation Tools Apply By : Utimaco Published Date: Apr 02, 2008 Data protection programs at most organizations are concerned with protecting sensitive data from external malicious attacks, relying on technical controls that include perimeter security, network/wireless surveillance and monitoring, application and point security management, and user awareness and education. In this paper, the different leakage points are mapped with regulations and best practices. Download Now Banks and Data Leak Prevention By : Quocirca Published Date: Jan 29, 2008 The financial services industry deals with a commodity that is primarily electronic — money. Consequently it spends more per employee on IT than any other industry.  Despite this, there is a worrying tendency for information that should be confidential to end up in the public domain. Why is this and what can be done? Download Now Lock Down Applications for PCI DSS Compliance By : Secure Computing Published Date: Jan 10, 2008 The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard requires merchants and transaction processors to protect customer data, and firewalls play a major role in the process.  This paper was written by Matt Sarrello, CISSP, contributing editor at Ziff Davis Enterprise and Michael Steinhart, senior editor at Ziff Davis Enterprise. Download Now Information Security for SMBs: Ensuring End-to-End Care of Data Assets By : Quocirca Published Date: Jan 03, 2008 Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) can benefit from the expansive use of information technology (IT) just as much as their larger counterparts. Indeed, in many cases they have to, because to trade they need to interact with business partners of all sizes and IT failure affects not just internal users but those of third parties. Download Now How Can Identity and Access Management Help Me with PCI Compliance While Improving Overall Security? By : CA Published Date: Dec 31, 2007 PCI Compliance has become a business requirement for any company involved in the processing of credit card information. It requires strong security controls over all systems and applications that process or store cardholder information. These controls serve to manage vulnerabilities and to control access to all confidential information. Download Now Enhancing SQL Reporting Services with Double-Take By : Double-Take Software Published Date: Dec 31, 2007 Although SQL Server offers options for database protection and recovery, none of them is intended to provide a complete disaster recovery solution. Make sure you’ve take the time to develop a high availability and disaster recovery plan to cover unforeseen catastrophes that might threaten your database in the future. When recoverability matters, depend on Double-Take Software to protect and recover business critical data and applications. Download Now PCI Compliance Cost Analysis: A Justified Expense By : Solidcore Published Date: Dec 12, 2007 New report issued by Fortrex, Emagined Security and Solidcore reveals the cost of PCI compliance is justified. Fortrex, in conjunction with Solidcore and Emagined Security have compiled a PCI compliance report that reveals the cost of a breach can easily be 20 times the cost of PCI compliance, more than justifying the up-front investment. Download Now Regulations & Standards: Where Encryption Applies By : Utimaco Published Date: Nov 19, 2007 Most of today’s standards and compliance regulations are concerned largely with the protection of private data at rest, during transactions, and while it traverses network connections. Some of these regulations make specific recommendations or require particular technologies for compliance. For all of them, however, encryption can be employed to satisfy the protection requirements. Download Now 4 Steps to Data Security Compliance: Technologies to Help Your Organization with U.S. Regulations By : SafeNet Published Date: Nov 19, 2007 U.S. organizations that handle corporate and personal data must conform to certain government legislation to protect this private information from compromise, unauthorized access, interception, or corruption. However, organizations with little or no education of these mandates or suitable solutions will find their budgets and their manpower stretched too thin. Download Now PCI: How to Safeguard Your Customer's Data Against Threats By : netForensics Published Date: Nov 19, 2007 As incidents of identity theft and fraud skyrocket, companies are scrambling to keep up with complex attacks and effectively safeguard consumer information. If you store, process, or transmit cardholder data, comprehensive visibility, actionable intelligence and the ability to respond rapidly to threats has become paramount. Download Now FISMA Best Practices: Overcoming Persistent Weaknesses Through Effective Security Compliance By : netForensics Published Date: Nov 16, 2007 Securing Federal information and systems is an ongoing challenge. By implementing comprehensive security compliance management methods for data collection, retention, monitoring and reporting, federal agencies can successfully demonstrate a sound framework that meets FISMA requirements. Download Now Embracing PCI: Making It Work For You By : Secure Computing Published Date: Nov 09, 2007 With the recent rise in data breaches and identity thefts, implementing a sound information security program is no longer optional. Companies processing credit card information are encouraged to embrace and implement sound data protection strategies to protect the confidentiality and integrity of payment information. Some of the challenges for achieving PCI compliance are outlined in this white paper, as well as successful tips to help organizations navigate through them. Download Now How Can Identity and Access Management Help Me To Improve Compliance and Drive Business Performance? By : CA Published Date: Nov 08, 2007 CA Identity and Access Management automates the management of user identities and ensures that only properly authorized users can access critical IT resources from the Web to the mainframe. It empowers your organization to reduce IT costs, mitigate overall security risk, enable new business opportunities and deliver continuous regulatory compliance. Download Now Facilitating PCI-DSS Compliance By : GlobalSCAPE Published Date: Nov 07, 2007 The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard is a detailed series of 130+ requirements that anyone who stores or transfers credit card data has to comply with.  However due to the protection it offers, the PCI DSS is fast becoming a security standard for all sensitive data that needs to be protected.  The goal of the standard is to ensure security of data in transit and at rest while ensuring compliance is maintained.  Download Now Securing Data at Rest: An Enterprise Strategy for Data Encryption By : HP Published Date: Oct 26, 2007 The data residing on your storage systems and media, data-at-rest, presents serious security concerns. Regulations and various mandates around the world are putting the burden on companies and government entities to protect the private information they store. Increasingly, companies are being required to publicly disclose breaches that put individuals private data at risk, be it a customer, employee, shareholder, partner, or other stakeholder. Download Now Information Security: It's Not an Option By : IBM Published Date: Oct 05, 2007 Technology has helped financial institutions work harder and faster than ever before. The downside: Sensitive data is more vulnerable than ever before. Financial Insights offers ideas and solutions to improve Information Security (IS). Click to learn more on protecting your most important assets, your data. Download Now A Cyber War has Begun By : Technolytics Published Date: Sep 30, 2007 Recently, a series of cyber attacks on the Defense Department and Defense contractors in the United States as well as the Ministry of Defense and Parliament in the U.K. have created significant cause-for-concern by computer security experts. It is imperative you read this brief and learn how we're all vulnerable and what is being done to prevent these Cyber Attacks. Download Now NeoScale Helps Major Bank Meet Government Regulatory Requirements By : Neoscale Systems, Inc. Published Date: Sep 14, 2007 As more states pass regulations governing the security, confidentiality, and integrity of customer data, a leading national bank has recognized its need to ensure the safety and security of personal data for its thousands of customers. To ensure compliance and maintain the security of this information, the bank has deployed NeoScale’s CryptoStor Tape appliances to help accomplish its objectives. 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