Security is an important topic that may not always get the attention it deserves from your organization’s database developers. While the...
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The EU is Taking Cybersecurity More Seriously. Are You?
Cybersecurity is an issue that is becoming more important every day. A quick glance at the news is liable to alert you to a new data breach that has...
IDERA Named 2019 Most Promising Solution Provider for Microsoft by CIOReview Magazine
We are proud to announce that CIOReview Magazine recognized IDERA as being a Top 50 Solution Provider for Microsoft, and a Top 10 Solution Provider...
How to Provide Compliance Evidence to Auditors
There’s no getting around it. The only way to satisfy the demands of auditors and demonstrate your organization’s compliance with the...
Announcing the GA Release of SQL Compliance Manager 5.6.1
We’re excited to announce the release of SQL Compliance Manager 5.6.1 SQL Compliance Manager is a comprehensive database auditing solution...
Survival in the Land of Compliance Audits
As you innocently go about your daily work activities on a Friday afternoon you notice a new email and crack it open. The message is from management...
Analyzing the Capital One Data Breach
Analyzing the Capital One Data Breach Last week, Capital One hit the news with one of the largest data breaches recorded. In this particular...
The Tradeoff Between Database Security and Database Performance
Welcome to our new blog series, The Tradeoff Between Database Security and Database Performance. This series will cover best practices that will...
What’s New in SQL Compliance Manager 5.6
SQL Compliance Manager 5.6 was released last week Last week we released SQL Compliance Manager 5.6. Along with it are some new and exciting...
Get Prepared for an American GDPR
Business vector created by freepik - www.freepik.com From its definition of a data breach to the size of the punitive fines it has the power to...
Announcing the GA Release of SQL Compliance Manager 5.6
We’re excited to announce the release of SQL Compliance Manager 5.6. SQL Compliance Manager is a comprehensive database auditing solution that...
Demystifying Regulatory Guidelines
There are several regulations out there that tell you how you should be handling your data. Some organizations are held accountable to...
Enjoy May Day without “mayday” – protect your SQL Server data
May 1st is traditionally celebrated as “May Day” to welcome the return of spring. In Central Texas, we often get a lot of rain in the...
Could Your Merger or Acqusition Detect a Data Breach?
It seems like we hear about a new data breach on an almost daily basis. This past week, we heard about two newsworthy data breaches that...
GDPR vs CCPA – A Quick Look
On June 28th, 2018, California enacted the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). It will go into effect on January 1, 2020. Guidelines must...
Data Breaches Are Common – Are You Prepared?
October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. In preparation for that, I thought I might take a moment to ponder some security issues...
GDPR and the SQL Security Suite
On May 25th, 2018, GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) went into effect. This regulation affects anyone who collects PII (Personally...
What’s new in SQL Compliance Manager 5.5
Earlier this month SQL Compliance Manager version 5.5 was released. We're super excited about some of the new features that are...
Learning from Facebook’s Data Harvesting Mistakes
At the moment, Mark Zuckerberg is testifying in front of Congress. Facebook is under the microscope because they allowed an app to take data that...
Dealing with Database Security
Nearly every month there is another announcement about a company disclosing a data breach in which sensitive customer data was exposed. Last week,...
IDERA Helps You Face the Challenges of Implementing GDPR
As many companies are coming to realize, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) issued by the EU, which takes effect in May 2018, has a lot...
Looking towards 2018 – GDPR Impact
As 2018 quickly approaches, we have a good opportunity to look towards the future. GDPR will go into effect in May and with it we should see...
The Role of DBA in Data Protection
IDERA recently released a Database Management Report Survey with interesting industry trends such as “nearly 90% of enterprise IT respondents...
Data Breaches: A Shift from Pure Prevention to Monitoring and Collaboration
It’s every Database Administrator’s nightmare to see your company’s name in the headlines in connection with a high profile data breach. Breaches...