by Robert Buda | Jun 8, 2020 | Best Practices, Database Security, Oracle
Have you been wanting to encrypt your Oracle database “since forever,” but feel like you just can’t afford the downtime? If a lot of data is involved, taking it all offline and encrypting it could be very time-consuming. So you’ve been putting the process off, while...
by Robert Buda | Mar 3, 2020 | Best Practices, Database Security, Oracle DBA
Managed Health Systems of Indiana patient health information, July-September, 2019; Microsoft customer service and support records, January 22, 2020; Wyze email addresses, December 30, 2019; Georgia Tech student data, March 2019. What do all of these breaches have in...
by Robert Buda | Feb 19, 2020 | Best Practices, Database Patch News, database patching, Database Security, Oracle, SQL Server
Welcome to Database Patch News, Buda Consulting’s monthly newsletter of current patch information for Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server. Here you’ll find information on available patches—including security patches—and desupported versions made available during the past...
by Robert Buda | Jan 31, 2020 | Best Practices, Cloud, Database Security, Uncategorized
In response to the recent Capital One data breach, where a hacker exploited a misconfigured open-source Web Application Firewall hosted within Amazon Web Services (AWS), the Amazon CTO reminded customers that they must secure their own data when housed on AWS...
by Robert Buda | Dec 10, 2019 | Database Security, MariaDB, MySQL, Uncategorized
MySQL and MariaDB Encryption Options Encryption remains one of the most widely used cornerstones of data security across organizations of all sizes and industries. Why? In many cases it’s both effective and relatively simple to implement. There are two fundamental...
by Robert Buda | Nov 25, 2019 | Database Security, SQL Server, Uncategorized
These days it’s only a matter of time before our firewalls or access controls are breached. Then what? In a multi-tiered security strategy, data encryption is a critical next line of defense. Data encryption is also mandated by a number of widely applicable...
