The need for more sophisticated controls on access to sensitive data is becoming increasingly important as organizations address emerging security requirements around data consolidation, privacy and compliance. There are many examples of data breaches which have been perpetrated using stolen credentials, SQL injection or by insiders who are … [Read more...]
Database security in the cloud
Here’s a great article on database security in the cloud published in eWeek by Slavik Markovich, founder of Sentrigo. The truth is, Slavik’s article has great advice for anyone considering hosting their application with any third-party provider. When you don’t own the infrastructure, you lose some control no matter how the … [Read more...]
Exploring Oracle 11g Tablespace Encryption
Tablespace encryption encrypts data at the datafile level to keep people from being able to peek at the oracle datafiles directly. Oracle 10 allowed us to encrypt certain columns, and starting in Oracle 11, tablespace encryption is made available. First we'll need to setup oracle wallet. … [Read more...]