The objective of this workshop is to show existing Oracle Database (Enterprise
Edition, Exadata, Autonomous Database, EXACS, DBCS) customers how to
attach your Database to Data safe and gain valuable understanding of
potential risks. Using user Assessment, understand rights and entitlement of
users and review activity auditing which provides powerful insight to database
interaction. The workshop will finish with a full sensitive data discovery and
then how to anonymize date with sensitive data masking.
The workshop is delivered in an interactive way with Presentations and Hands on
Labs to ensure complete understanding.
Extending Information Security to Non-Production EnvironmentsLindaWatson19
This paper discusses the threats that non-production environments pose to database security and provides practical advice and multiple options for ensuring data assets remain secure against unauthorized access.
IBM offers unified data protection solutions for four key data environments:
1) Big data security - Solutions are needed to securely harness rapidly growing data from diverse sources in big data platforms and prevent unauthorized access and data breaches.
2) Cloud and virtual environment data security - Both private and public cloud infrastructures need protection against data leakage.
3) Enterprise data security - Heterogeneous enterprise data from various sources like databases and data warehouses requires protection.
4) Enterprise application security - Solutions are needed to securely protect multi-tier enterprise applications.
IBM's InfoSphere Guardium provides next-generation activity monitoring, auditing and data protection across physical, virtual and cloud environments.
The document is a data privacy readiness test that consists of 11 questions about an organization's ability to comply with various data privacy requirements when storing data in the cloud. These requirements include ensuring data residency within specific regions, restricting vendor access to data, enabling user privacy settings, and providing full auditability and role-based access for compliance, investigations, and litigation. If an organization answers "no" or "I don't know" to more than a few questions, the document suggests it should look to strengthen its approach to data privacy.
The document is a survey that examines data privacy practices in businesses. It presents 10 questions for the reader to answer about their organization's data privacy policies and protections. It then reveals the expert answers to the same 10 questions from a survey of 99% of businesses that handle sensitive data. The expert answers provide insights into common challenges around data privacy compliance, use of security controls, concerns about privacy in the cloud, and which departments are most likely to ignore privacy policies.
Office 365 revolutionized how employees work and collaborate by embracing the power of the software-as-a-service (SaaS) model. While the easy deployment and broad access of Office 365 makes it invaluable to business productivity, a SaaS model adds increased risk of malicious or accidental leakage of business-critical data.
In this webinar Protect Your Data in Office365 you will learn to:
Understand how Office 365 is being used by your users
Identify sensitive content (like payment information, healthcare records, source code, or other types of data) being shared
Uncover risky or anomalous behavior by rogue insiders
Automate protection against Office 365 data breaches, minimize false positives, and eliminate the constant retuning of data classification policies.
Watch the on-demand webcast at https://www.elastica.net/protect-your-data-in-office365/
This document is a Dell whitepaper about using big data for security. It discusses how big data allows organizations to analyze large, complex datasets to better monitor security threats in a more proactive way. Specifically, big data can be used to monitor network traffic patterns, identify insider threats, track BYOD device usage, correlate job-based behaviors, and protect intellectual property by monitoring for improper usage both internally and externally. The whitepaper argues that big data provides a way for organizations to continuously monitor data sources and identify unexpected patterns that could indicate security risks or policy violations.
Data Loss Prevention (DLP) - Fundamental Concept - ErykEryk Budi Pratama
This document discusses data loss prevention (DLP) concepts and implementations. It begins with an overview of data governance and the data lifecycle. It then defines DLP, explaining how DLP solutions protect data in motion, at rest, and in use. Sample DLP deployments are shown, outlining key activities and considerations for implementation such as governance, infrastructure, and a phased approach. Finally, examples of DLP use cases are provided for data in motion like email and data in use on workstations.
IT security teams often lack visibility into cloud file sharing services used by employees. Analysis of over 100 million files shared across many industries revealed several risks to enterprise data and compliance. The majority of broadly shared files and exposure risks were concentrated among a small number of users. While passwords and encryption aim to protect data, inadvertent or deliberate data exposure still commonly occurs. New technologies embedded in the cloud are needed to provide visibility and control over shadow data and file sharing activities.
Extending Information Security to Non-Production EnvironmentsLindaWatson19
This paper discusses the threats that non-production environments pose to database security and provides practical advice and multiple options for ensuring data assets remain secure against unauthorized access.
IBM offers unified data protection solutions for four key data environments:
1) Big data security - Solutions are needed to securely harness rapidly growing data from diverse sources in big data platforms and prevent unauthorized access and data breaches.
2) Cloud and virtual environment data security - Both private and public cloud infrastructures need protection against data leakage.
3) Enterprise data security - Heterogeneous enterprise data from various sources like databases and data warehouses requires protection.
4) Enterprise application security - Solutions are needed to securely protect multi-tier enterprise applications.
IBM's InfoSphere Guardium provides next-generation activity monitoring, auditing and data protection across physical, virtual and cloud environments.
The document is a data privacy readiness test that consists of 11 questions about an organization's ability to comply with various data privacy requirements when storing data in the cloud. These requirements include ensuring data residency within specific regions, restricting vendor access to data, enabling user privacy settings, and providing full auditability and role-based access for compliance, investigations, and litigation. If an organization answers "no" or "I don't know" to more than a few questions, the document suggests it should look to strengthen its approach to data privacy.
The document is a survey that examines data privacy practices in businesses. It presents 10 questions for the reader to answer about their organization's data privacy policies and protections. It then reveals the expert answers to the same 10 questions from a survey of 99% of businesses that handle sensitive data. The expert answers provide insights into common challenges around data privacy compliance, use of security controls, concerns about privacy in the cloud, and which departments are most likely to ignore privacy policies.
Office 365 revolutionized how employees work and collaborate by embracing the power of the software-as-a-service (SaaS) model. While the easy deployment and broad access of Office 365 makes it invaluable to business productivity, a SaaS model adds increased risk of malicious or accidental leakage of business-critical data.
In this webinar Protect Your Data in Office365 you will learn to:
Understand how Office 365 is being used by your users
Identify sensitive content (like payment information, healthcare records, source code, or other types of data) being shared
Uncover risky or anomalous behavior by rogue insiders
Automate protection against Office 365 data breaches, minimize false positives, and eliminate the constant retuning of data classification policies.
Watch the on-demand webcast at https://www.elastica.net/protect-your-data-in-office365/
This document is a Dell whitepaper about using big data for security. It discusses how big data allows organizations to analyze large, complex datasets to better monitor security threats in a more proactive way. Specifically, big data can be used to monitor network traffic patterns, identify insider threats, track BYOD device usage, correlate job-based behaviors, and protect intellectual property by monitoring for improper usage both internally and externally. The whitepaper argues that big data provides a way for organizations to continuously monitor data sources and identify unexpected patterns that could indicate security risks or policy violations.
Data Loss Prevention (DLP) - Fundamental Concept - ErykEryk Budi Pratama
This document discusses data loss prevention (DLP) concepts and implementations. It begins with an overview of data governance and the data lifecycle. It then defines DLP, explaining how DLP solutions protect data in motion, at rest, and in use. Sample DLP deployments are shown, outlining key activities and considerations for implementation such as governance, infrastructure, and a phased approach. Finally, examples of DLP use cases are provided for data in motion like email and data in use on workstations.
IT security teams often lack visibility into cloud file sharing services used by employees. Analysis of over 100 million files shared across many industries revealed several risks to enterprise data and compliance. The majority of broadly shared files and exposure risks were concentrated among a small number of users. While passwords and encryption aim to protect data, inadvertent or deliberate data exposure still commonly occurs. New technologies embedded in the cloud are needed to provide visibility and control over shadow data and file sharing activities.
Because the biggest impact of cyber breach is data loss, data protection should be architected into the DNA of your cyber security solution. This means focusing security efforts around data from the very beginning, from initial risk assessment, to control design, to implementation and auditing.
Most cyber security solutions protect infrastructure, assuming that data stored within containers will be protected. This white paper explains why this assumption is no longer valid and outlines an approach to designing a cyber security solution directly around data.
Compliance Officers, Risk Managers, Security Professionals, and IT Leaders will understand
the goals and steps of data-centric solution design, as well as its potential benefits.
Google Apps, Especially Google Drive, have enabled millions of users to easily share documents and collaborate more effectively. However, a lack of visibility and control by IT departments over these users and their activity in Google Apps has actually dramatically increased the risk of malicious or accidental leakage of business-critical data.
In this webcast, cloud security experts Nitin Kumar of Cisco, and Sergio Castro of Elastica will discuss best practices for protecting your data in Google Apps. You will learn:
• What base level security Google Drive provides (and what it doesn’t)
• Examples of companies that are facing these issues and how they are solving them
• Best practices in identifying sensitive, shared content that may violate compliance policies (PCI, PHI, PII, etc.)
• Best practices in using data science to uncover risky or anomalous behavior
• How to automate protection against Google Drive data breaches
Ciso Platform Webcast: Shadow Data ExposedElastica Inc.
The document discusses the risks associated with shadow data, which refers to sensitive data stored on cloud services by employees without organization oversight. Through analyzing over 100 million files on cloud file sharing services, the author identified 7 main risks: 1) the volume of shared content is rising, 2) up to 20% of broadly shared files contain compliance-related data, 3) sensitive data is often at risk, 4) inbound sharing can create liability, 5) a small number of users are responsible for most risks, 6) passwords and encryption are not sufficient, and 7) efficient remediation can save significant time per user. The author argues this shadow data and lack of visibility present challenges for organizations.
The document discusses defending data in the cloud through monitoring and auditing. It notes that cloud adoption is increasing as data grows, but security concerns are the top priority for customers. The presentation recommends using preventative measures like encryption, and detective controls like activity monitoring and auditing to comply with regulations and detect threats like fraudulent data migration or SQL injection attacks. Case studies show how companies implement Oracle's database security solutions to address their compliance and risk management needs.
Data loss prevention by using MRSH-v2 algorithm IJECEIAES
Sensitive data may be stored in different forms. Not only legal owners but also malicious people are interesting of getting sensitive data. Exposing valuable data to others leads to severe Consequences. Customers, organizations, and /or companies lose their money and reputation due to data breaches. There are many reasons for data leakages. Internal threats such as human mistakes and external threats such as DDoS attacks are two main reasons for data loss. In general, data may be categorized based into three kinds: data in use, data at rest, and data in motion. Data Loss Prevention (DLP) are good tools to identify important data. DLP can do analysis for data content and send feedback to administrators to make decision such as filtering, deleting, or encryption. Data Loss Prevention (DLP) tools are not a final solution for data breaches, but they consider good security tools to eliminate malicious activities and protect sensitive information. There are many kinds of DLP techniques, and approximation matching is one of them. Mrsh-v2 is one type of approximation matching. It is implemented and evaluated by using TS dataset and confusion matrix. Finally, Mrsh-v2 has high score of true positive and sensitivity, and it has low score of false negative.
Using Microsoft Dynamic Access Control to create Information Barriers for SEC...NextLabs, Inc.
Microsoft Server 2012 Dynamic Access Control (DAC) is a new authorization model that gives companies the ability to define central access policies to control access to files based on the classification of the data and attributes of the user. DAC greatly simplifies the administration of file server security and makes it easier to comply with SEC regulations for information barriers and protection of sensitive client data.
Attendees of this webinar will learn more about Windows Server 2012 DAC and see how it can be applied to improve compliance with SEC regulations.
In this webinar, Microsoft and NextLabs will:
• Introduce you to DAC, a powerful new security feature in Windows Server 2012.
• Map DAC functionality to critical SEC requirements for classification, access control, information barriers and record keeping.
• Demonstrate a solution where DAC is used to automate SEC compliance controls across Windows Server 2012, Microsoft SharePoint and email.
This webinar will be helpful for customers who need to meet SEC requirements, or who are interested in creating information barriers between project teams. It is also helpful for both Compliance and IT professionals looking for tools to help them reduce IT administration cost, enable information sharing, and improve corporate compliance.
Requirements for Implementing Data-Centric ABAC NextLabs, Inc.
Attribute Based Access Control (ABAC) has long been considered one of the few approaches to data-centric security that is robust enough to keep pace with today’s extended enterprise. However, organizations currently lack process and automation capabilities to supply critical inputs required for the ABAC approach.
This white paper explains how NextLabs Control Center leverages and manages identity and data attributes and dynamically evaluates information access events no matter where they occur. Security Professionals, IT Architects, and System Integrators will understand the requirements for implementing data-centric ABAC, as well as the benefits of NextLabs’ XACML-based approach.
This document discusses information rights management (IRM) concepts and implementation challenges. It notes that unstructured data makes up 80% of organizational information assets and faces challenges from external collaboration and mobile devices. Legacy approaches to information loss control like NDAs are insufficient. IRM aims to allow information owners to control how information is used by applying persistent access policies even as it moves outside the organization. Key requirements for successful IRM implementation include automated policy assignment, usability for users, and support from senior management.
How to Extend Security and Compliance Within BoxElastica Inc.
Choosing an enterprise-class file sharing service such as Box is a great first step in safely migrating to the cloud. However even with the most robust service, enterprise organizations are still responsible for how their users take advantage of the service, what sensitive content they upload and share, and potential damage due to compromised user credentials.
In this on-demand webcast Eric Andrews, Elastica VP of Marketing, will discuss:
• What base level security Box provides
• Best practices in identifying sensitive, shared content that may violate compliance policies (PCI, PHI, PII, etc.)
• Best practices in using data science to uncover risky or anomalous behavior
Data-Centric Security for the Extended EnterpriseNextLabs, Inc.
Yesterday’s security is no match for the challenge of protecting data across the extended enterprise, with sensitive data increasingly shared across organizations, over external systems, and with unknown users and devices.
A basic shift towards data-centric thinking must replace conventional device- and container-based models. But where do organizations start? What assumptions must change?
This white paper outlines FOUR changes organizations must make to achieve data-centric security, and explains why IT Leaders, Security Professionals, and Compliance Officers should care. This paper then provides a brief overview of the NextLabs approach to Information Risk Management.
Box has revolutionized how employees can access, share and manage company data and collaborate more effectively. But while the distributive nature of cloud based file sharing makes it invaluable to business productivity, it also adds increased risk of malicious or accidental leakage of business-critical data.
Today’s cloud sharing services like Box require a complete rethinking of traditional security practices to ensure proper access control, security, and compliance as corporate assets migrate outside the enterprise boundary into 3rd party cloud apps. Implementing these security practices starts with gaining visibility into how cloud apps are being used by employees, identifying sensitive content and how it is being shared, uncovering risky or anomalous behavior, and proactively enforcing policies to protect against internal or external threats.
Reasoning About Enterprise Application Security in a Cloudy WorldElastica Inc.
This document discusses security challenges with enterprise applications in cloud environments. It notes that traditional security controls are lost with different cloud layers and that visibility and understanding risks are important. The document outlines the threat lifecycle and how the landscape is changing. It argues that establishing baselines, choosing compensating controls, and incident detection and response are needed. Specific challenges with encryption, single sign-on, and application monitoring in cloud are discussed. The key takeaways are that cloud security problems are multifaceted and that visibility and action are important pillars across the threat lifecycle.
IRJET- An Approach Towards Data Security in Organizations by Avoiding Data Br...IRJET Journal
This document discusses data leakage prevention (DLP) systems and approaches to avoid data breaches in organizations. It begins with an abstract that outlines how sensitive data can be lost through unauthorized access or transfer. The introduction then discusses the need for DLP to control and monitor data access and usage. Key challenges for DLP implementations are also reviewed, such as protecting information, reducing unauthorized data transfers, and identifying internal and external threats. The document concludes with recommendations for future research on DLP, including using deep learning techniques to improve insider threat detection and monitoring encrypted communication channels.
Presented at National Webinar of ISACA Student Group, Universitas Kristen Satya Wacana, indonesia.
Title: Cyber Resilience: Post COVID-19 - Welcoming New Normal
2 July 2020
Health Decisions Webinar: January 2013 data warehousesSi Nahra
Claims and enrollment data are a self-funded plan’s most important (and often most overlooked) asset. Do you know where your plan’s 2012 data are? They are warehoused somewhere. Whoever controls that warehouse controls your plan.
In this free webinar we will highlight the key features of data warehousing that assure you control your data and your plan. Ten criteria are presented that you should use to assess your current data warehouse arrangements and determine who really controls your plan.
For more information, please visit: http://www.healthdecisions.com
Technology Overview - Symantec Data Loss Prevention (DLP)Iftikhar Ali Iqbal
The presentation provides the following:
- Symantec Corporate Overview
- Solution Portfolio of Symantec
- Symantec Data Loss Prevention - Introduction
- Symantec Data Loss Prevention - Components
- Symantec Data Loss Prevention - Features & Use Cases
- Symantec Data Loss Prevention - System Requirements
- Symantec Data Loss Prevention - Appendix (extra information)
This provides a brief overview of Symantec Data Loss Prevention (DLP). Please note all the information is based prior to May 2016 and the full integration of Blue Coat Systems's set of solutions.
Presented at ISACA Indonesia Monthly Technical Meeting, 11 Dec 2019 at Telkom Landmark.
Key takeaways from my presentation:
1. Cloud customers have to understand the share responsibilities between customer and cloud provider
2. Different cloud service model (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) has different audit methodology
3. Customer’s IT Auditor have to be trained to have the skills needed to audit the cloud service
4. Understanding IAM in Cloud is very important. Each Cloud Service Provider has different IAM mechanism
5. Understanding different type of audit logs in cloud platform is important for IT Auditor
Nowadays Organisations rely on data heavily to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of their business activities. It is necessary for organisations to secure their database from external attack in other to ensure confidentiality, integrity and availability. Different approaches to protect sensitive database are needed in an enterprise environment and can be combined together to strengthen an organization's security posture, while minimizing the cost and effort of data protection. Some of which are explained below. 1
The document discusses the Digital Trust Framework (DTF), which will use the TMForum's Open Digital Architecture (ODA) as a foundation. The DTF is being developed for 4IR environments and will provide a blueprint for modular, cloud-based, open digital platforms that can be orchestrated using AI. It will integrate ODA with other frameworks to ensure an overall digital trust approach for continuously evolving systems.
eBook: 5 Steps to Secure Cloud Data GovernanceKim Cook
This document outlines 5 steps for securing cloud data governance:
1. Identify sensitive data across the network using tools that automate data discovery and classification.
2. Get granular on data access by creating purpose-based access policies instead of role-based policies.
3. Prioritize visibility into data consumption to understand usage and adjust policies accordingly.
4. Implement data consumption controls like limits and alerts to mitigate risk from unauthorized access.
5. Mitigate risk further with transparent and easy-to-apply data security like tokenization that doesn't slow usage.
The document discusses 7 ways for businesses to better protect data and improve their security posture in the modern workplace. It outlines steps to reduce threats through identity and access management, manage mobile devices and apps, leverage conditional access, increase enterprise data protection, prevent data loss, enable secured collaboration, and reduce malware exposure. The overall message is that businesses can give employees mobility and productivity while also protecting sensitive data through proper planning, tools, and education.
Because the biggest impact of cyber breach is data loss, data protection should be architected into the DNA of your cyber security solution. This means focusing security efforts around data from the very beginning, from initial risk assessment, to control design, to implementation and auditing.
Most cyber security solutions protect infrastructure, assuming that data stored within containers will be protected. This white paper explains why this assumption is no longer valid and outlines an approach to designing a cyber security solution directly around data.
Compliance Officers, Risk Managers, Security Professionals, and IT Leaders will understand
the goals and steps of data-centric solution design, as well as its potential benefits.
Google Apps, Especially Google Drive, have enabled millions of users to easily share documents and collaborate more effectively. However, a lack of visibility and control by IT departments over these users and their activity in Google Apps has actually dramatically increased the risk of malicious or accidental leakage of business-critical data.
In this webcast, cloud security experts Nitin Kumar of Cisco, and Sergio Castro of Elastica will discuss best practices for protecting your data in Google Apps. You will learn:
• What base level security Google Drive provides (and what it doesn’t)
• Examples of companies that are facing these issues and how they are solving them
• Best practices in identifying sensitive, shared content that may violate compliance policies (PCI, PHI, PII, etc.)
• Best practices in using data science to uncover risky or anomalous behavior
• How to automate protection against Google Drive data breaches
Ciso Platform Webcast: Shadow Data ExposedElastica Inc.
The document discusses the risks associated with shadow data, which refers to sensitive data stored on cloud services by employees without organization oversight. Through analyzing over 100 million files on cloud file sharing services, the author identified 7 main risks: 1) the volume of shared content is rising, 2) up to 20% of broadly shared files contain compliance-related data, 3) sensitive data is often at risk, 4) inbound sharing can create liability, 5) a small number of users are responsible for most risks, 6) passwords and encryption are not sufficient, and 7) efficient remediation can save significant time per user. The author argues this shadow data and lack of visibility present challenges for organizations.
The document discusses defending data in the cloud through monitoring and auditing. It notes that cloud adoption is increasing as data grows, but security concerns are the top priority for customers. The presentation recommends using preventative measures like encryption, and detective controls like activity monitoring and auditing to comply with regulations and detect threats like fraudulent data migration or SQL injection attacks. Case studies show how companies implement Oracle's database security solutions to address their compliance and risk management needs.
Data loss prevention by using MRSH-v2 algorithm IJECEIAES
Sensitive data may be stored in different forms. Not only legal owners but also malicious people are interesting of getting sensitive data. Exposing valuable data to others leads to severe Consequences. Customers, organizations, and /or companies lose their money and reputation due to data breaches. There are many reasons for data leakages. Internal threats such as human mistakes and external threats such as DDoS attacks are two main reasons for data loss. In general, data may be categorized based into three kinds: data in use, data at rest, and data in motion. Data Loss Prevention (DLP) are good tools to identify important data. DLP can do analysis for data content and send feedback to administrators to make decision such as filtering, deleting, or encryption. Data Loss Prevention (DLP) tools are not a final solution for data breaches, but they consider good security tools to eliminate malicious activities and protect sensitive information. There are many kinds of DLP techniques, and approximation matching is one of them. Mrsh-v2 is one type of approximation matching. It is implemented and evaluated by using TS dataset and confusion matrix. Finally, Mrsh-v2 has high score of true positive and sensitivity, and it has low score of false negative.
Using Microsoft Dynamic Access Control to create Information Barriers for SEC...NextLabs, Inc.
Microsoft Server 2012 Dynamic Access Control (DAC) is a new authorization model that gives companies the ability to define central access policies to control access to files based on the classification of the data and attributes of the user. DAC greatly simplifies the administration of file server security and makes it easier to comply with SEC regulations for information barriers and protection of sensitive client data.
Attendees of this webinar will learn more about Windows Server 2012 DAC and see how it can be applied to improve compliance with SEC regulations.
In this webinar, Microsoft and NextLabs will:
• Introduce you to DAC, a powerful new security feature in Windows Server 2012.
• Map DAC functionality to critical SEC requirements for classification, access control, information barriers and record keeping.
• Demonstrate a solution where DAC is used to automate SEC compliance controls across Windows Server 2012, Microsoft SharePoint and email.
This webinar will be helpful for customers who need to meet SEC requirements, or who are interested in creating information barriers between project teams. It is also helpful for both Compliance and IT professionals looking for tools to help them reduce IT administration cost, enable information sharing, and improve corporate compliance.
Requirements for Implementing Data-Centric ABAC NextLabs, Inc.
Attribute Based Access Control (ABAC) has long been considered one of the few approaches to data-centric security that is robust enough to keep pace with today’s extended enterprise. However, organizations currently lack process and automation capabilities to supply critical inputs required for the ABAC approach.
This white paper explains how NextLabs Control Center leverages and manages identity and data attributes and dynamically evaluates information access events no matter where they occur. Security Professionals, IT Architects, and System Integrators will understand the requirements for implementing data-centric ABAC, as well as the benefits of NextLabs’ XACML-based approach.
This document discusses information rights management (IRM) concepts and implementation challenges. It notes that unstructured data makes up 80% of organizational information assets and faces challenges from external collaboration and mobile devices. Legacy approaches to information loss control like NDAs are insufficient. IRM aims to allow information owners to control how information is used by applying persistent access policies even as it moves outside the organization. Key requirements for successful IRM implementation include automated policy assignment, usability for users, and support from senior management.
How to Extend Security and Compliance Within BoxElastica Inc.
Choosing an enterprise-class file sharing service such as Box is a great first step in safely migrating to the cloud. However even with the most robust service, enterprise organizations are still responsible for how their users take advantage of the service, what sensitive content they upload and share, and potential damage due to compromised user credentials.
In this on-demand webcast Eric Andrews, Elastica VP of Marketing, will discuss:
• What base level security Box provides
• Best practices in identifying sensitive, shared content that may violate compliance policies (PCI, PHI, PII, etc.)
• Best practices in using data science to uncover risky or anomalous behavior
Data-Centric Security for the Extended EnterpriseNextLabs, Inc.
Yesterday’s security is no match for the challenge of protecting data across the extended enterprise, with sensitive data increasingly shared across organizations, over external systems, and with unknown users and devices.
A basic shift towards data-centric thinking must replace conventional device- and container-based models. But where do organizations start? What assumptions must change?
This white paper outlines FOUR changes organizations must make to achieve data-centric security, and explains why IT Leaders, Security Professionals, and Compliance Officers should care. This paper then provides a brief overview of the NextLabs approach to Information Risk Management.
Box has revolutionized how employees can access, share and manage company data and collaborate more effectively. But while the distributive nature of cloud based file sharing makes it invaluable to business productivity, it also adds increased risk of malicious or accidental leakage of business-critical data.
Today’s cloud sharing services like Box require a complete rethinking of traditional security practices to ensure proper access control, security, and compliance as corporate assets migrate outside the enterprise boundary into 3rd party cloud apps. Implementing these security practices starts with gaining visibility into how cloud apps are being used by employees, identifying sensitive content and how it is being shared, uncovering risky or anomalous behavior, and proactively enforcing policies to protect against internal or external threats.
Reasoning About Enterprise Application Security in a Cloudy WorldElastica Inc.
This document discusses security challenges with enterprise applications in cloud environments. It notes that traditional security controls are lost with different cloud layers and that visibility and understanding risks are important. The document outlines the threat lifecycle and how the landscape is changing. It argues that establishing baselines, choosing compensating controls, and incident detection and response are needed. Specific challenges with encryption, single sign-on, and application monitoring in cloud are discussed. The key takeaways are that cloud security problems are multifaceted and that visibility and action are important pillars across the threat lifecycle.
IRJET- An Approach Towards Data Security in Organizations by Avoiding Data Br...IRJET Journal
This document discusses data leakage prevention (DLP) systems and approaches to avoid data breaches in organizations. It begins with an abstract that outlines how sensitive data can be lost through unauthorized access or transfer. The introduction then discusses the need for DLP to control and monitor data access and usage. Key challenges for DLP implementations are also reviewed, such as protecting information, reducing unauthorized data transfers, and identifying internal and external threats. The document concludes with recommendations for future research on DLP, including using deep learning techniques to improve insider threat detection and monitoring encrypted communication channels.
Presented at National Webinar of ISACA Student Group, Universitas Kristen Satya Wacana, indonesia.
Title: Cyber Resilience: Post COVID-19 - Welcoming New Normal
2 July 2020
Health Decisions Webinar: January 2013 data warehousesSi Nahra
Claims and enrollment data are a self-funded plan’s most important (and often most overlooked) asset. Do you know where your plan’s 2012 data are? They are warehoused somewhere. Whoever controls that warehouse controls your plan.
In this free webinar we will highlight the key features of data warehousing that assure you control your data and your plan. Ten criteria are presented that you should use to assess your current data warehouse arrangements and determine who really controls your plan.
For more information, please visit: http://www.healthdecisions.com
Technology Overview - Symantec Data Loss Prevention (DLP)Iftikhar Ali Iqbal
The presentation provides the following:
- Symantec Corporate Overview
- Solution Portfolio of Symantec
- Symantec Data Loss Prevention - Introduction
- Symantec Data Loss Prevention - Components
- Symantec Data Loss Prevention - Features & Use Cases
- Symantec Data Loss Prevention - System Requirements
- Symantec Data Loss Prevention - Appendix (extra information)
This provides a brief overview of Symantec Data Loss Prevention (DLP). Please note all the information is based prior to May 2016 and the full integration of Blue Coat Systems's set of solutions.
Presented at ISACA Indonesia Monthly Technical Meeting, 11 Dec 2019 at Telkom Landmark.
Key takeaways from my presentation:
1. Cloud customers have to understand the share responsibilities between customer and cloud provider
2. Different cloud service model (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) has different audit methodology
3. Customer’s IT Auditor have to be trained to have the skills needed to audit the cloud service
4. Understanding IAM in Cloud is very important. Each Cloud Service Provider has different IAM mechanism
5. Understanding different type of audit logs in cloud platform is important for IT Auditor
Nowadays Organisations rely on data heavily to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of their business activities. It is necessary for organisations to secure their database from external attack in other to ensure confidentiality, integrity and availability. Different approaches to protect sensitive database are needed in an enterprise environment and can be combined together to strengthen an organization's security posture, while minimizing the cost and effort of data protection. Some of which are explained below. 1
The document discusses the Digital Trust Framework (DTF), which will use the TMForum's Open Digital Architecture (ODA) as a foundation. The DTF is being developed for 4IR environments and will provide a blueprint for modular, cloud-based, open digital platforms that can be orchestrated using AI. It will integrate ODA with other frameworks to ensure an overall digital trust approach for continuously evolving systems.
eBook: 5 Steps to Secure Cloud Data GovernanceKim Cook
This document outlines 5 steps for securing cloud data governance:
1. Identify sensitive data across the network using tools that automate data discovery and classification.
2. Get granular on data access by creating purpose-based access policies instead of role-based policies.
3. Prioritize visibility into data consumption to understand usage and adjust policies accordingly.
4. Implement data consumption controls like limits and alerts to mitigate risk from unauthorized access.
5. Mitigate risk further with transparent and easy-to-apply data security like tokenization that doesn't slow usage.
The document discusses 7 ways for businesses to better protect data and improve their security posture in the modern workplace. It outlines steps to reduce threats through identity and access management, manage mobile devices and apps, leverage conditional access, increase enterprise data protection, prevent data loss, enable secured collaboration, and reduce malware exposure. The overall message is that businesses can give employees mobility and productivity while also protecting sensitive data through proper planning, tools, and education.
It is shocking to note that about 3.5 billion people saw their
personal data stolen in the top two of the 15 biggest breaches
of this century alone. With the average cost of a data breach
exceeding $8 million, it is no wonder that safeguarding
confidential business and customer information has become
more important than ever. Furthermore, with stricter laws and governance requirements, data security is now everyone’s
responsibility across the entire enterprise.
However, that is easier said than done, and for that reason, an
an increasing number of organizations are relying heavily on data masking to proactively protect their data, avoid the cost of security breaches, and ensure compliance.
Gdpr ccpa steps to near as close to compliancy as possible with low risk of f...Steven Meister
The document outlines a 5 step plan to become compliant with GDPR and CCPA data protection laws:
1. Complete a Data Protection Impact Assessment to discover all personal data across systems.
2. Develop a remediation plan to encrypt personal data in key applications and files.
3. Begin remediation and testing by connecting encryption APIs to applications.
4. Ensure new personal data added is encrypted.
5. Prepare modified applications for production use after verifying no issues.
The goal is to protect personal data while maintaining business operations.
1. The document provides an overview of best practices for implementing enterprise-wide data encryption and protection. It discusses challenges like explosive data growth, evolving compliance requirements, operational complexity, and increasing threats.
2. The document recommends a data-centric security approach that applies protection to data itself regardless of location. This includes discovering and classifying sensitive data, encrypting data in motion and at rest, and centralized key and policy management.
3. Effective data security requires discovering where sensitive data resides, encrypting that data, managing encryption keys centrally, and implementing access policies to control data use.
Module 02 Performance Risk-based Analytics With all the advancemIlonaThornburg83
Module 02 Performance Risk-based Analytics
With all the advancements in technology and encryption levels, some methods are faster or slower than others. In most cases a cybersecurity professional must weigh cost, performance, and security. Risk is a powerful tool used by all cybersecurity professionals to assist in making these decisions, and in influencing appropriate stakeholders by providing appropriate information with regard to these three elements.
Risk analysis or risk base analytics helps determine the level of risk to an organization. The first step in this process is to determine the sensitivity of the data being processed. The example below is a common data classification for many organizations; however, depending on how the data will be used, these data fields may vary due to classification levels.
· Public: Data available to the general public and approved for distribution outside the organization.
· Examples: press releases, directory information (not subject to a government regulations or blocks), product catalogs, application and request forms, and other general information that is openly shared. The type of information an organization would choose to post on its website offers a good example of Public data.
· Internal: Data necessary for the operation of the business and generally available to all internal users, users of that particular customer, and potentially interested third-parties if appropriate and when authorized.
· Examples: Some memos, correspondence, and meeting minutes; contact lists that contain information that is not publicly available; and procedural documentation that should remain internal.
· Confidential: Data generally not made available outside the organization and the unauthorized access, use, disclosure, duplication, modification, or destruction of which could adversely impact the organization and/or customers. All confidential information is sensitive in nature and must be restricted to those with a legitimate business need to know.
· Examples:
· Information covered by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), which requires protection of records for current and former students. This includes pictures of students kept for official purposes.
· Personally identifiable information entrusted to the organization’s care that is not restricted use data, such as information regarding applicants, donors, potential donors, or competitive marketing research data.
· Information covered by the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLB), which requires protection of certain financial records.
· Individual employment information, including salary, benefits and performance appraisals for current, former, and prospective employees.
· Legally privileged information.
· Information that is the subject of a confidentiality agreement.
· Restricted: Data that MUST be specifically protected via various access, confidentiality, integrity and/or non-repudiation controls in order to comply with legislative, regulatory, con ...
From Target to Equifax, we're learning just how expensive data breaches can be. And the cost isn't just financial - it's a hit to reputation as well. Learn how to avoid putting your organization at risk by identifying the three pitfalls of data security...and how to navigate around them.
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Let us understand some of the infrastructural and
security challenges that every organization faces today
before delving into the concept of securing the cloud
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agility, and cost-effective features, it possesses a unique
infrastructure and security challenges.
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ISACA New York Metro, Developing, Deploying and Managing a Risk-Adjusted Data...Ulf Mattsson
Not too long ago, many security experts believed that the best way to defend data was to apply the strongest possible technological protections to all of the data, all of the time. While that plan may work perfectly in theory, in the real world of business this model creates unacceptable costs, performance and availability problems.
What works from both IT and management standpoints? Risk-adjusted data security. Protecting data according to risk enables organizations to determine their most significant security exposures, target their budgets towards addressing the most critical issues, strengthen their security and compliance profile, and achieve the right balance between business needs and security demands.
Other issues that risk-adjusted security addresses are the unnecessary expenses, availability problems and system performance lags that result when data is over-protected. And cloud-based technologies, mobile devices and the distributed enterprise require a risk-mitigation approach to security, focused on securing mission critical data, rather than the now-unachievable ‘protect all the data at all costs’ model of years past.
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Today’s applications are often available over various networks and connected to the cloud, increasing vulnerabilities to security threats and breaches. Data extracted from these applications, either as documents or reports, lose the security once downloaded from the application, nor can the document be tracked. Hence it becomes vital to have strong application data security.
The document discusses three key challenges for data governance and security with big data: 1) ethics and compliance as personally identifiable data is widespread and regulations are increasing, 2) poor data management when there is no clear ownership or lifecycle management of data, and 3) insecure infrastructure as many devices and systems generating data were not designed with security in mind. Effective data governance is important for security, and requires defining responsibilities, auditing data use, and protecting data during collection, storage, and analysis. Technologies can help automate and scale governance, but it is ultimately a combination of people, processes, and tools.
There are three key challenges to effective data governance and security in the big data era: 1) ethics and compliance as personally identifiable data is widespread and regulations are increasing, 2) poor data management when there is no clear ownership or lifecycle management of data, and 3) insecure infrastructure as many IoT and other devices were not designed with security in mind. Effective data governance requires a combination of people, processes, and technology to classify, secure, and manage data throughout its lifecycle.
The WebLogic Scripting Tool (WLST) is a command-line scripting interface that can be used to configure, manage, and monitor WebLogic Server instances and domains. This document describes how to use WLST online to connect to a running server instance or offline to manage domains without a connection. It covers topics such as creating and editing domains, starting and stopping servers, navigating MBeans, configuring security settings, and accessing runtime information.
Thousands of organizations rely on Oracle E-Business Suite to run key operations. Oracle is committed to supporting these organizations by delivering ongoing innovations to Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2 without requiring a major upgrade, and by providing long-term Premier Support through at least 2034. Oracle follows a continuous innovation strategy of adding new capabilities to EBS 12.2 through regular patch releases as well as ongoing technology stack updates to allow customers to get newer versions without upgrading applications code.
This document provides a guide for migrating servers and virtual machines from on-premises to the cloud. It outlines a four step process for migration: assess, migrate, optimize, and secure/manage. The first step is to assess current infrastructure to identify applications, servers, and dependencies. The next step is to migrate resources using tools to minimize downtime. After migrating, the document recommends optimizing resources to improve performance and reduce costs. The final step is to secure and manage the new cloud environment.
Migrate or modernize your database applications using Azure SQL Database Mana...ALI ANWAR, OCP®
Data Platform Summit 2019 is a community initiative by eDominer Systems. The agenda included presentations on Azure SQL Database Managed Instance, migration to the cloud with Azure SQL Database, and a demo. Azure SQL Database Managed Instance provides fully managed SQL Server instances in Azure with built-in intelligence and security. It offers several options for migrating SQL Server workloads to the cloud.
Azure SQL Managed Instance is an intelligent cloud database service combining the broadest SQL Server engine compatibility with the benefits of a fully managed platform as a service.
This document provides guidance on using Oracle's Exadata Cloud Service (ExaCS) or Exadata Cloud at Customer (ExaCC) to set up disaster recovery for an on-premises database using Oracle Data Guard or Active Data Guard. It outlines the key benefits of a hybrid cloud/on-premises configuration and provides a 10-step process for implementing this along with considerations for security, networking, and ongoing management after deployment. The document is intended to help technical audiences set up a cloud-based standby database for disaster recovery that follows Oracle Maximum Availability Architecture best practices.
This document provides guidance on becoming a database administrator focused on MySQL. It outlines key skills needed like installing MySQL, managing users and permissions, and performing backups. It recommends getting hands-on experience through a home lab, online courses, books, and assisting an existing DBA if possible. Certifications can help demonstrate skills but real-world experience is most important. The overall goal is to learn enough to get an entry-level job and continue building experience from there.
Ali Anwar is a senior database administrator with over 10 years of experience administering Oracle and Microsoft databases. He has experience architecting Oracle RAC clusters and implementing disaster recovery solutions. He is seeking a senior Oracle DBA position and has included his resume highlighting his technical skills and certifications such as Oracle OCP DBA and multiple Oracle Cloud and Azure certifications. He has worked on large-scale migration and consolidation projects in the UAE that delivered millions in cost savings.
Flex your Database on 12c's Flex ASM Flex ClusterALI ANWAR, OCP®
This document provides an overview of Oracle Flex Clusters. It begins with an introduction to Flex Clusters and how they differ from standard clusters by utilizing a hub-and-spoke architecture. Key aspects of Flex Clusters discussed include the roles of hub and leaf nodes, how to configure a cluster as a flex cluster, and the changes in resources that occur when changing a node role. The document also briefly discusses adding new nodes, Oracle's goals with Flex Clusters, and related technologies like Cluster Health Monitor.
Full-RAG: A modern architecture for hyper-personalizationZilliz
Mike Del Balso, CEO & Co-Founder at Tecton, presents "Full RAG," a novel approach to AI recommendation systems, aiming to push beyond the limitations of traditional models through a deep integration of contextual insights and real-time data, leveraging the Retrieval-Augmented Generation architecture. This talk will outline Full RAG's potential to significantly enhance personalization, address engineering challenges such as data management and model training, and introduce data enrichment with reranking as a key solution. Attendees will gain crucial insights into the importance of hyperpersonalization in AI, the capabilities of Full RAG for advanced personalization, and strategies for managing complex data integrations for deploying cutting-edge AI solutions.
AI 101: An Introduction to the Basics and Impact of Artificial IntelligenceIndexBug
Imagine a world where machines not only perform tasks but also learn, adapt, and make decisions. This is the promise of Artificial Intelligence (AI), a technology that's not just enhancing our lives but revolutionizing entire industries.
Unlock the Future of Search with MongoDB Atlas_ Vector Search Unleashed.pdfMalak Abu Hammad
Discover how MongoDB Atlas and vector search technology can revolutionize your application's search capabilities. This comprehensive presentation covers:
* What is Vector Search?
* Importance and benefits of vector search
* Practical use cases across various industries
* Step-by-step implementation guide
* Live demos with code snippets
* Enhancing LLM capabilities with vector search
* Best practices and optimization strategies
Perfect for developers, AI enthusiasts, and tech leaders. Learn how to leverage MongoDB Atlas to deliver highly relevant, context-aware search results, transforming your data retrieval process. Stay ahead in tech innovation and maximize the potential of your applications.
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In the rapidly evolving landscape of technologies, XML continues to play a vital role in structuring, storing, and transporting data across diverse systems. The recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) present new methodologies for enhancing XML development workflows, introducing efficiency, automation, and intelligent capabilities. This presentation will outline the scope and perspective of utilizing AI in XML development. The potential benefits and the possible pitfalls will be highlighted, providing a balanced view of the subject.
We will explore the capabilities of AI in understanding XML markup languages and autonomously creating structured XML content. Additionally, we will examine the capacity of AI to enrich plain text with appropriate XML markup. Practical examples and methodological guidelines will be provided to elucidate how AI can be effectively prompted to interpret and generate accurate XML markup.
Further emphasis will be placed on the role of AI in developing XSLT, or schemas such as XSD and Schematron. We will address the techniques and strategies adopted to create prompts for generating code, explaining code, or refactoring the code, and the results achieved.
The discussion will extend to how AI can be used to transform XML content. In particular, the focus will be on the use of AI XPath extension functions in XSLT, Schematron, Schematron Quick Fixes, or for XML content refactoring.
The presentation aims to deliver a comprehensive overview of AI usage in XML development, providing attendees with the necessary knowledge to make informed decisions. Whether you’re at the early stages of adopting AI or considering integrating it in advanced XML development, this presentation will cover all levels of expertise.
By highlighting the potential advantages and challenges of integrating AI with XML development tools and languages, the presentation seeks to inspire thoughtful conversation around the future of XML development. We’ll not only delve into the technical aspects of AI-powered XML development but also discuss practical implications and possible future directions.
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Pakdata Cf is a groundbreaking system designed to streamline and facilitate access to CNIC information. This innovative platform leverages advanced technology to provide users with efficient and secure access to their CNIC details.
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Get an inside look at the latest Neo4j innovations that enable relationship-driven intelligence at scale. Learn more about the newest cloud integrations and product enhancements that make Neo4j an essential choice for developers building apps with interconnected data and generative AI.
HCL Notes and Domino License Cost Reduction in the World of DLAUpanagenda
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The introduction of DLAU and the CCB & CCX licensing model caused quite a stir in the HCL community. As a Notes and Domino customer, you may have faced challenges with unexpected user counts and license costs. You probably have questions on how this new licensing approach works and how to benefit from it. Most importantly, you likely have budget constraints and want to save money where possible. Don’t worry, we can help with all of this!
We’ll show you how to fix common misconfigurations that cause higher-than-expected user counts, and how to identify accounts which you can deactivate to save money. There are also frequent patterns that can cause unnecessary cost, like using a person document instead of a mail-in for shared mailboxes. We’ll provide examples and solutions for those as well. And naturally we’ll explain the new licensing model.
Join HCL Ambassador Marc Thomas in this webinar with a special guest appearance from Franz Walder. It will give you the tools and know-how to stay on top of what is going on with Domino licensing. You will be able lower your cost through an optimized configuration and keep it low going forward.
These topics will be covered
- Reducing license cost by finding and fixing misconfigurations and superfluous accounts
- How do CCB and CCX licenses really work?
- Understanding the DLAU tool and how to best utilize it
- Tips for common problem areas, like team mailboxes, functional/test users, etc
- Practical examples and best practices to implement right away
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At WSTS 2024, Alon Stern explored the topic of parametric holdover and explained how recent research findings can be implemented in real-world PNT networks to achieve 100 nanoseconds of accuracy for up to 100 days.
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This session provides introduction to UiPath Communication Mining, importance and platform overview. You will acquire a good understand of the phases in Communication Mining as we go over the platform with you. Topics covered:
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• Phases in Communication Mining
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End-to-end overview of CI/CD pipeline with Azure devops
Speaker:
Lyndsey Byblow, Test Suite Sales Engineer @ UiPath, Inc.
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As the digital landscape continually evolves, operating systems play a critical role in shaping user experiences and productivity. The launch of Nitrux Linux 3.5.0 marks a significant milestone, offering a robust alternative to traditional systems such as Windows 11. This article delves into the essence of Nitrux Linux 3.5.0, exploring its unique features, advantages, and how it stands as a compelling choice for both casual users and tech enthusiasts.
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While the dev and ops silo continues to crumble….many organizations still relegate monitoring & observability as the purview of ops, infra and SRE teams. This is a mistake - achieving a highly observable system requires collaboration up and down the stack.
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DISCLAIMER
This document is for informational purposes only and is intended solely to assist you in planning for
the implementation and upgrade of the product features described. It is not a commitment to deliver
any material, code, or functionality, and should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions.
The development, release, and timing of any features or functionality described in this document
remains at the sole discretion of Oracle.
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THE GROWING NEED TO PROTECT SENSITIVE DATA IN THE CLOUD
Many organizations now consider data to be one of their most valuable
organizational assets. However, if that data is not well protected, it can
quickly become a liability. Practically every day we hear stories about high-
profile data breaches, as well as attacks on individual systems and
databases (see sidebar). Growing privacy concerns have increased the
regulations that dictate how organizations treat user data, including the
European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the United
States’ Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the
new California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA), and other governing
bodies. It’s an expensive problem, and the associated fines for non-
compliance have made it even more so. For example, Marriott was forced
to pay more than £99 million in fines; and British Airways faces £183 million
in fines for recent GDPR breaches.
Attackers may be full-time employees of a nation-state, members of an
organized crime syndicate, or just curiosity seekers, but they all have one
thing in common: a propensity to leverage gaps in your security strategy.
While some of these attacks are designed to wreak havoc on business
operations, others are motivated by a more explicit goal: to steal your data.
And since this data typically resides in a database, the latter becomes the
prime target for hackers.
In addition to this constant barrage of external threats, companies also face
threats from internal users — sometimes intentional, and other times
through inadvertent errors, omissions, and oversights involving security
software configurations and the associated data.
The distributed nature of today’s work teams only exacerbates the problem.
Organizations must commonly manage many types of users in many
different geographies — including internal DevTest teams and external
partner organizations — all of which require differing levels of access to
corporate databases.
Data Breaches in the News
• In 2019, Capital One reported
one of the top 10 largest data
breaches ever. The breach was
discovered after details of
the hack were posted on the
code sharing website, GitHub.
• In April 2019, vpnMentor
discovered an unsecured
database hosted on Microsoft
Azure that contained personal
information on nearly 80 million
U.S. households.
• In February 2018, FedEx
realized that they had
inadvertently exposed the
personal information from
119,000 of their customers in a
database on an unsecured
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
cloud storage server. The
discovery was made by
Kromtech Security and it is
estimated this information went
unsecured for four years before
being discovered.
The Cost of Compliance
• GDPR fines can be as high as
four percent of annual revenue
• HIPAA fines can be US$1.5
million per violation
• CCPA fines will be as high as
$700 per individual — plus
litigation costs
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To mitigate both intentional and unintentional breaches, enterprises need
to identify sensitive data, protect it with appropriate controls, and routinely
audit usage of that data in database management systems. Some business
leaders are concerned about moving databases to the cloud because of
these security issues — compounded by a shortage of in-house expertise
protecting sensitive data.
This paper describes Oracle Data Safe, an integrated and comprehensive
cloud service that ensures data security for cloud databases. Data Safe
helps secure your databases via security and user risk assessments, user
activity auditing, sensitive data discovery, and data masking. With this well-
integrated and easy-to-use solution, cloud database customers of all sizes
and in all verticals can meet their database security requirements very
easily.
DEMOCRATIZING SECURITY WITH ORACLE DATA SAFE
As data and applications move to the cloud, the responsibility for securing an organization’s assets
becomes progressively more complex. While cloud service providers are responsible for securing their
global infrastructure and protecting client databases from access by their own personnel, each cloud
customer must implement its own measures to secure its users and data.
For example, in an Infrastructure as a service (IaaS) environment, a cloud provider may secure cloud
infrastructure, operating systems, and network services, but not the applications and users that access
the data. Organizations are responsible for deciding what sensitive data goes into the database and
which users can access it. This isn’t something that a cloud vendor can decide, as it is specific to each
company’s industry, operations, customer base, and business goals.
To properly protect organizational data, it is necessary to first know how it’s configured, who is using it,
and what types of sensitive data each database contains. It also means keeping track of who needs to
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access production data (versus sample, masked, or aggregate data), and putting a process in place for
removing that data when it is no longer needed.
Oracle Data Safe is an important part of this multifaceted security strategy. It provides an integrated set
of capabilities that will help you secure your users and configurations as well as meet data security
compliance requirements. Oracle Data Safe is your single point of control for managing data security in
the cloud.
Oracle Data Safe provides a unified security control center for cloud databases
CONTROLLING ACCESS TO SENSITIVE DATA IN FIVE EASY STEPS
Enterprise databases frequently include large quantities of personal information, making them attractive
targets for hackers who want to steal data and disrupt business practices. To mount a strong defense
you need to know precisely where your sensitive data is located and who is accessing that data. In
addition, knowing what risks are associated with your users and having the ability to audit activities are
critical to a good security posture. Oracle Data Safe makes it easy to systematically complete these
tasks with five inter-related components:
» Security Assessment
» User Assessment
» Activity Auditing
» Data Discovery
» Data Masking
Oracle Data Safe puts these five components together into a unified, user-friendly environment, so you
don’t need multiple tools — and highly skilled database security experts — to protect your data. This
popular service is available today for databases on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
Raise the Bar on Database
Security with Data Safe
• Gain a complete view of
database security from one
cohesive environment
• No special expertise needed,
and no need to stitch together
many different tools
• Nothing to install and nothing to
maintain
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A unified security control center for Oracle Cloud Databases
Step 1: Security Assessment
A security assessment helps you determine if there are gaps in your configuration strategy, and offers
guidance on how to remediate those gaps. The Security Assessment feature enables you to identify
security vulnerabilities and to verify that encryption, auditing, and access controls have been
implemented.
Oracle Cloud Database allows flexibility in how customers configure users, privileges, and security
controls to meet different requirements. For example, the user and security controls implemented for a
production system containing sensitive customer data might differ from those for a development system
with synthetic test data. The Security Assessment feature of Oracle Data Safe enables you to examine
security configuration parameters so you can implement the correct level of security and controls for
each application. This might include, for example, identifying when default passwords are being used or
when users have more privileges than they should. The findings and recommendations support both the
European Union General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR) and the Center for Internet Security
(CIS) benchmark.
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Use the Security Assessment to examine security parameters and implement application controls
Step 2: User Assessment
Oracle Data Safe includes user assessment and monitoring capabilities that help you pinpoint risks,
especially associated with privileged users and accounts. You can now identify the database users who
pose the highest risk if their accounts were to be compromised or if they were to go rogue and become
bad actors. These accounts might require a higher level of monitoring or a possible reduction in
privileges within the context of their roles. User Assessment reports help you quickly identify dormant
accounts for locking or removal. Links from the User Assessment reports to the Activity Auditing
function show the audited activities performed by the users.
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The User Assessment feature allows administrators to identify and evaluate privileged accounts
Step 3: Activity Auditing
With Data Safe Activity Auditing, you can monitor user activities on Oracle Cloud databases, collect and
retain audit records per industry and regulatory compliance requirements, and trigger alerts for unusual
activity. You can audit sensitive data changes, administrator and user activities, and other activities
recommended by the Center for Internet Security. You can set up alerts when a database parameter or
audit policy changes, a failed login by an admin occurs, user entitlements change, and when a user is
created or deleted. The Oracle Database includes a number of pre-defined polices and any of these
can be enabled through Data Safe with just a few clicks.
The Data Safe dashboard (shown on page 6) lets you quickly spot trends in activity, including alerts.
From the dashboard, you can also check on the status of the audit trails (audit trails tell Data Safe
where in the database to look for audit data) and see the overall auditing activity.
There are several activity auditing
reports provided, such as,
summary of events collected and
alerts, all audited activities, audit
policy changes, admin activity,
login activity, database query
operations, DDLs, DMLs, and
user and entitlement changes.
You can view the generated alerts
and filter and search for them.
Both alerts and audit data reports
can be customized and saved or
downloaded in PDF or XLS
format.
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Admin Activity Reports
Setting up Activity Auditing in Data Safe is a simple 3-step process: 1) Select the targets you want to
audit 2) Provision audit policies specifying what audit information will be collected 3) Create audit trails
that tell Data Safe from where to collect audit information.
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Event Details
Once this is done, Data Safe automatically retrieves audit data and stores it in the secure Data Safe
repository (separate from the database being monitored so it can’t be deleted or altered). You can set
up alerts on key events based on the predefined set of alerts available in Data Safe Activity Auditing.
Interactive reports allow you to look at audit data, filter it as needed, and create scheduled reports to
meet your security and compliance needs.
Step 4: Data Discovery
With multiple development teams and data distributed over multiple databases, it’s not always easy to
know where your sensitive data is. In order to protect your data, you need to understand what kind of
sensitive data you have, how much of it you have, and where it resides. Sensitive Data Discovery helps
Many organizations don’t really
know how secure their databases
are, how much sensitive data they
have, or where their sensitive
data is located.
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you decide what to protect. It identifies and classifies 125+ sensitive types of data, such as PII, IT data,
financial data, employment data, and health data.
The Data Discovery pre-defined sensitive data types
You can select the sensitive data categories that you want to discover, such as personally identifiable
information or healthcare information. You can also easily define custom categories of new sensitive
data types that match your organization’s requirements.
Data Discovery reports on sensitive data
Step 5: Data Masking
Being able to share production data with test and development teams helps you to improve the quality
of your applications through real-world data. But copies of production systems carry all the sensitive
data (and the risk associated with that data) into environments which are not as well protected as your
production environments. Besides, the sensitive data such as credit card numbers are not really
needed. This is where Data Masking comes in. Data Masking replaces sensitive data in an application
database with fictitious but realistic values. You can then share those data sets with application
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developers, application testers, and partners. This gives them a realistic data set for testing and
developing applications — without exposing sensitive data. As Data Masking is integrated with Data
Discovery, a compatible masking format is automatically suggested for any discovered sensitive data.
Data Safe lets you discover and mask sensitive data with just a few clicks.
Data masking reduces risk by obfuscating sensitive data.
The Data Masking feature of Oracle Data Safe uses the information discovered during the sensitive
Data Discovery process to create data masking policies to protect, for example, social security
numbers, credit card numbers, financial data, salary information, and personal health information. Data
masking replaces real data with disguised, yet realistic, data within development, testing, and partner
databases, and includes more than 50 predefined masking formats.
A HYPOTHETICAL SCENARIO INVOLVING SENSITIVE PATIENT DATA
Consider a database used by a healthcare organization to store the results of diagnostic test results.
With Oracle Data Safe, the security team can assess the database configuration (including password
policies, parameter settings, and patch levels) to ensure the database is configured according to best
practices. They can then quickly assess database users to identify which users have privileges that
make them most at risk for inappropriate access to data, and configure audit policies to monitor their
database activity. They can use sensitive Data Discovery to scan the database to identify which
schemas, tables and columns contain sensitive patient data. When copies of the database are made for
test and development or partners, they can now automatically replace sensitive data with realistic
looking trials data. And they can do all of this from a single console in just a few minutes.
BRINGING IT ALL TOGETHER
Data Safe runs on the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and is a key part of an over-arching security
strategy that runs from the infrastructure itself to our latest self-securing Oracle Autonomous
Database. In the following sections, we’ll explore this relationship in more detail.
Data Masking maintains relational
integrity with support for shuffle
masking, conditional masking,
compound masking, SQL
expression masking, user-defined
masking, and other masking
formats.
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The relationship of Oracle Data Safe to Autonomous Database and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
BETTER DATABASE SECURITY WITH ORACLE AUTONOMOUS DATABASE
Oracle Data Safe extends the self-securing capabilities of the Oracle Autonomous Database to protect
data while it's in use and to continuously monitor the users who access that data. We have a multi-
pronged strategy to protect your data and free DBAs to focus on high-value tasks such as
understanding their data and instituting proper protections and controls.
Oracle Autonomous Database is a revolutionary cloud service that simplifies database administration
and tuning tasks, including automatically maintaining security configurations. For example, by
automatically applying patches in a rolling fashion across the nodes of a cluster, Oracle Autonomous
Database secures itself without application downtime. Security patches are applied every quarter or as
needed to the firmware, operating system, clusterware, and database — with no downtime.
Patching is just part of the picture. The database also protects itself with always-on encryption.
Encryption protects your data in situations where a breach allows a hacker to access the data blocks
directly. This practice ensures that even if database files with sensitive data are copied, they are
useless to cybercriminals. Oracle Autonomous Database encrypts customer data while it is in motion, at
rest, and in backups.
By liberating database administrators from the daily repetitive management chores such as database
tuning, patching, and backups, Oracle Autonomous Database allows DBAs to focus on high-value tasks
such as application management, and keeping sensitive data secure.
SECURITY AT MULTIPLE LAYERS WITH ORACLE CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE
Oracle secures today’s complex database environments with an intelligent, cloud-based platform that
prevents, detects, and rapidly responds to security threats.
For example, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure is based on seven core pillars to ensure customers have the
isolation, data protection, control, and visibility required for a robust cloud infrastructure. Oracle’s
machine learning algorithms add intelligence to security operations center (SOC) activities and a cloud
Oracle handles a number of
crucial security concerns for its
cloud customers automatically,
including the following:
• Network security and monitoring
• OS and platform security
• Database patches and
upgrades
• Administrative separation of
duties
• Data encryption by default
Oracle Autonomous Database
includes AI and machine learning
technology to protect your
database management systems
from both external attacks and
malicious internal users. For
example, the database can apply
security patches automatically,
without downtime.
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access security broker (CASB) automatically detects threats to cloud applications. At the edge, Oracle
security services include distributed denial of service (DDoS) Protection and a web application firewall
to defend against internet-based threats. Finally, Oracle assumes the responsibility of protecting your
infrastructure with a highly trained, 24/7 network operations center (NOC) staff. Oracle’s security
technology, process, and operations reduce the risk, cost, and complexity of moving to the cloud. With
multiple layers of defense, Oracle combats cyber threats with core-to-edge cloud services that secure
your data and thwart cyber threats.
CONCLUSION
As databases move to the cloud, enterprises need to proactively monitor how their data is managed
and accessed, and by whom it is used. While cloud providers secure your infrastructure and the
platform services, it’s up to you to secure your applications, users, and data. The Oracle Data Safe
cloud service integrates all of your security needs including assessing your configuration and users,
auditing user activity for compliance, and identifying sensitive data for masking — all through a single
dashboard that allows you to quickly and easily secure your data assets.
To learn more about Oracle Database Security, visit:
http://www.oracle.com/database/technologies/security/data-safe.html