Oracle Users Struggle With Patch Management
Posted by Bryan Bain
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In the most recent copy of DB Tools for Oracle SoftTree introduced a
new patch management system – DB Patch Expert.
DB Patch Expert provides a
tool for DBAs to keep pace with Oracle’s frenetic pace. The database giant
issued 41 security patches for its products in January, and another 43 in
April. As our customers prepare for another round of quarterly patches, we ask
this question: How many of these patches have your organization deployed this
year?
If you an... (more) |
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| Date posted: 2009-06-25 | Comments(0) |
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Medical Identity Theft - And you thought fixing a credit report was a pain in the shorts.
Posted by Bryan Bain
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The
rash of recent medical record breaches caused me to ask myself “what’s the
reason?” Surely there must be easier ways to steal someone’s personal
information. “There must be something going on here that I don’t yet understand,”
I thought. So I started to research the issue and was stunned to learn of a
fast-growing crime known as medical identity
theft.
The
most recent statistics on the crime is a 2007 federal report that cites more
than 250,000 Americans a y... (more) |
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| Date posted: 2009-06-15 | Comments(0) |
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Product Review: SoftTree's DB Tools for Oracle
Posted by James F. Koopmann
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Introduction - what is it you want to do
From a casual observer's point of view, SoftTree's DB Tolls for Oracle might appear to
be a smorgasbord, miscellany, or mixed bag of database tools. But in fact SoftTree's DB
Tools for Oracle offers a wide variety of well integrated database administrator focused
applications to get work done.
Many tools on the market today, DB Tools included, are geared towards predictive
analysis, trend watching, or finding resou... (more) |
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| Date posted: 2009-06-06 | Comments(0) |
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How do you prevent a database breach?
Posted by Bryan Bain
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With recent high-profile information theft (AKA database
attacks), many of SoftTree’s clients are realizing that it’s not enough to secure
their networks but it’s also necessary to put a watchdog on the databases which
house the company’s crown jewels.
As
the recent Johns Hopkins breach demonstrates, preventing external breaches isn’t
enough. Equally important is monitoring for internal sabotage, especially in
the current economic situation where employees may be tempted to sell pe... (more) |
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| Date posted: 2009-06-03 | Comments(0) |
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When will they learn? 2 more data breaches.
Posted by Bryan Bain
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| The hits just keep coming, sorry – watching the Phillies vs. the Padres, I’m getting a little punchy, but I had to finish
this post.
Two more companies recently informed New Hampshire’s Attorney
General that it had experienced a data breach.
Online
retailer Batteries.com said in a letter to New Hampshire's Attorney General on
May 18 that hackers breached its server in February, stealing names,
addresses and credit card information. Some customers whose data was
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| Date posted: 2009-06-03 | Comments(1) |
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When will they learn? 2 more data breaches.
Posted by Mike DBA at SoftTree customer
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| Bryan,
Nice to finally see a BLOG. Great post. Please aks Dmitriy to contribute more content. I enjoy reading your posts, but Dmitriy is briliant. He's a DBAs DBA.
FYI, It really doesn't take much to sell management on the risk mitigation benefits of DB Audit. I use the product to protect 9 database servers. Our cost to do that was less than the $10K figure you cited, but I understand why you choose a higher number.
Thanks for making a great product.
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| Date posted: 2009-06-03 | Comments(0) |
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Breach Suit Targets Security Auditor
Posted by Bryan Bain
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| Security services companies suddenly have a new worry – litigation that
seeks to hold them accountable for the accuracy of their audits
Security services companies suddenly
have a new worry – litigation that seeks to hold them accountable for the accuracy
of their audits. Merrick Bank, a Utah-based bank is suing Savvis, the security auditor that certified CardSystems Solutions had met the Cardholder Information
Security Program (CISP) standards. CISP is the precurs... (more) |
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| Date posted: 2009-06-02 | Comments(0) |
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