Security Assessments

The public exposure of leaks of sensitive organizational data demonstrates the importance of database and data security. Many organizations do not fully implement sensible security procedures for database data. Yet, protecting the data itself, and the path to the data, is as critical as other security procedures, like guarding a physical building access or implementing password management.

A thorough Database Security Assessment includes an evaluation of the integrity of the following major components:

Hardware and OS Configuration

Disk and SAN Configuration

DBMS Configuration

Database Configuration

Delineation and Grouping of Database Authorizations

Program and Routine Authorizations

Encryption of Database Data

Security of File Interfaces to the Application Database

Security of Messaging and Network-Based Routes to the DBMS