Entries Tagged as 'Database Security'
by Ramon Krikken | June 20, 2012 | 1 Comment
I have encryption on my mind again a lot lately. It certainly has something to do with work in progress for presentations I’m giving at our Catalyst 2012 conference (“Protecting Data in the Public Cloud: Encryption, Obfuscation, or Snake Oil?” and “Scenarios: Encryption, Tokenization, Anonymization, or None of the Above”). But it’s also because I’m [...]
Category: Security Tags: application encryption, application security, Catalyst-NA, data masking, database encryption, Database Security, encryption, snake oil, tokenization
by Ramon Krikken | May 10, 2012 | 2 Comments
It doesn’t take a clairvoyant – or in this case, an research analyst – to see that “big data” is becoming (if it isn’t already, perhaps) a major buzzword in security circles. Not only big data as applied to security, but also security for big data. But what does “securing big data” actually mean? Not [...]
Category: Security Tags: big data, big data security, DAP, data management, Database Security, fad
by Ramon Krikken | April 25, 2012 | Comments Off
Security at the application-layer is getting ever more attention due to the large number of vulnerabilities that keep popping up in off-the-shelf and home-built software (although, in my opinion, it is still not getting enough attention). Aside from expanding security activities in the SDLC, we’re seeing calls for – amongst things – application monitoring. But [...]
Category: Applications Security Tags: application security, Database Security, middleware security
by Ramon Krikken | March 2, 2012 | Comments Off
Jeffrey Wheatman and I just published a new note each on database security. For a long time, the main solutions in this space were referred to as Database Activity Monitoring. Monitoring is still an incredibly important aspect, but the products have really grown up in the last couple years – so we’re renaming the solutions [...]
Category: Security Tags: DAM, DAP, Data Management; Security, Database Activity Monitoring, Database Audit and Protection, Database Security
