Protecting Databases: boosting security against today’s attacks

Overview

The number of data breaches has hit an all-time high; 47% of attacks take just minutes or hours to go from point of entry to compromise. Databases not only store critical information, but they are often connected to multiple systems providing essential business services. Any interruption, unintended disclosure, or loss of data from databases has the potential to disrupt an entire company's operations and reputation. Also, since a database holds the regulated and sensitive data, a database breach usually translates to a compliance breach, with its huge clean-up cost, loss of consumer confidence, and possibly drastic market capitalization loss.

To secure sensitive data against both external and internal threats, real-time visibility into database activity is required. In order to properly secure a database from malicious code and data loss, you must address various concerns, which are highlighted in this paper. Read this paper to show how you can implement a highly efficient and reliable database security solution.