Databases news from FierceComplianceIT

Where does the crucial data reside in your organization? You might respond "in databases" or you might say "in specific applications." But the answer you may overlook is "in common files easily... Read more...

Just a reminder that you really need to do everything you can to stop rogue employees from wreaking havoc with your data--and I do mean havoc. A judge has just okayed a deal between Bank of America... Read more...

If there has been a whipping boy of the GRC movement, it's been the spreadsheet. Vendors regularly lambaste spreadsheet-based processes, almost defining the use of Excel as synonymous with manual, ad... Read more...

You would think databases would be at the top of the security food chain. And in a sense they are. Companies spend a lot of energy trying to protect unauthorized users from breaching the network,... Read more...

The security pros these days say database hacking has gotten a lot more sophisticated in part because the actual hackers are savvy to the traditional forensic tools that the good guys employ.... Read more...

If you're aiming to be a PCI-DSS compliant firm, you've got lots of decisions to make. The standard itself isn't fool proof. That's been made clear. So a lot of firms are pondering additional steps.... Read more...

As you know, storage issues have rocketed to the forefront of the IT agenda, driven mainly by Sarbanes-Oxley and other compliance initiatives. That has made them targets for various hackers. SQL... Read more...