Databases often contain an organization’s most sensitive data, making them an attractive target for attackers seeking high-value information.
Stealthbits’ Database Security Solution helps organizations safeguard their on-premises and cloud databases, providing deep inspection of database access rights, activity, and the specific location of sensitive data within them.
The Problem with Database Security
Data is the primary target In virtually every breach scenario – and databases are the primary storage for business applications. Protecting these systems gets harder every day. While there are many challenges Database Administrators face in the management and security of their various database flavors and instances, there are some common denominators that ultimately make managing data access so problematic.
Access rights are already massively overprovisioned, and when mixed with a high degree of management complexity and a plethora of hidden and unknown risks, it’s no wonder why data stores like file shares and databases are so difficult to control and susceptible to attack. As if security concerns weren’t enough, stringent compliance requirements demand something be done to secure sensitive data of all types. But how do organizations approach a problem so big and complex?
Every database vendor’s security model is different, which makes it difficult for even the most experienced DBAs to stay on top of across heterogenous database environments. Accounts may have been granted direct access at various levels of the database or might have access due to group memberships that are unmanaged or forgotten. Getting a clear picture of entitlements can be difficult and time consuming.
It’s often assumed that configuration baselines are being adhered to or that the location of sensitive data or even the existence of a database itself is known, but assumptions don’t equate to real knowledge or a sound security strategy.
Regardless of where data lives, compliance and privacy regulations demand proper controls and processes be put in place to ensure the security of the data subject to each standard. Without proper understanding of access rights, an audit trail of activities, or knowledge of where certain types of information exist, it’s difficult at best to achieve compliance with any regulation.
Over time, accounts accumulate a variety of privileges and access, which are rarely removed and pose a security risk if the account is compromised.
Stealthbits’ Database Security Solution
Structured data may only represent 20% of your data, but it can easily consist of the majority of your most important data.
Stealthbits’ Data Access Governance solution spans to entirety of an organization’s data footprint – from file shares to databases located both on-premises and in the cloud. Stealthbits’ Database Security capabilities make it easy to get a handle on your data, no matter where it lives. From initial discovery to ongoing governance, Stealthbits’ solution automates the process of obtaining answers to your most difficult data access questions, restructuring access rights in alignment with least privilege principles, and keeping it that way through business-friendly governance workflows.
Discover databases throughout your environment to obtain a complete view of your data footprint.
Collect & Analyze relevant data points to answer critical questions (e.g. sensitivity, access, ownership, age, etc.).
Monitor activity to understand user interactions with data.
Restructure access to achieve Least Privilege principles and position for effective governance.
Govern access ongoing to ensure security, compliance, and operational standards are met.
Powerful Database Security Software
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