by Robert Buda | Jun 29, 2020 | Database Patch News
Welcome to Database Patch News, Buda Consulting’s 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 recently made available. Why should you...
by Robert Buda | May 13, 2020 | Database Patch News, database patching, Oracle, SQL Server
Welcome to Database Patch News, Buda Consulting’s 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 recently made available. Why should you...
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 | 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 | Nov 21, 2019 | Oracle, Oracle DBA, Uncategorized
Oracle offers various authentication and audit features to protect data from unauthorized access. But what about data at rest in operating system files, backups or other storage media? To protect data at rest, Oracle offers Transparent Data Encryption (TDE). With TDE...
