http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/101110-oracle-security-gaps.html By Ellen Messmer Network World October 11, 2010 Database security is rife with pitfalls, according to 430 Oracle database administrators surveyed by the Independent Oracle Users Group. According to the results of the survey released last month, fewer than 30% encrypt personally identifiable information in all their databases, while about 75% acknowledge their organizations do not have a means to prevent privileged database users from reading or tampering with human resources, financial or other business application data in their databases. "There are still a lot of holes," says Andrew Flower, president of the IOUG president and vice president LoganBritton. "One of the biggest risks is stealing data internally," he acknowledges, saying the survey shows organizations aren't applying sufficient resources to improve security, and that there's been little change in the results from last year's survey. About two-thirds of the survey respondents admitted there was no way in their organizations to detect or prove that the database administrators were not abusing their privileges. [...] ___________________________________________________________ Tegatai Managed Colocation: Four Provider Blended Tier-1 Bandwidth, Fortinet Universal Threat Management, Natural Disaster Avoidance, Always-On Power Delivery Network, Cisco Switches, SAS 70 Type II Datacenter. Find peace of mind, Defend your Critical Infrastructure. http://www.tegataiphoenix.com/Received on Tue Oct 12 2010 - 23:36:47 PDT
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