Report: Ten Database Activities Enterprises Need to Monitor

Most enterprises are paying too little attention to the very real security risks associated with their databases. Auditors, security and risk professionals, and data owners need to watch for telltale behaviors that may indicate serious database security problems.

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Ten Database Activities Enterprises Need to Monitor

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Most enterprises are paying too little attention to the very real security risks associated with their databases. Auditors, security and risk professionals, and data owners need to watch for telltale behaviors that may indicate serious database security problems.

Key Findings:

• The use of structured data storage, and the amount of data stored in this way, are increasing rapidly. This trend is largely driven by data analytics requirements and consolidation efforts.
• The information stored in enterprise databases is increasingly sensitive and subject to legal, regulatory and other compliance requirements.
• Despite the growing criticality of their databases, many enterprises continue to rely heavily on inadequate network and application-layer controls, and perform only minimal monitoring on database storage infrastructure.

Sponsored by IBM InfoSphere Guardium - this complimentary report, authored by Jeffrey Wheatman, research director within Gartner's Information Security, Risk Management and Privacy research group, includes Gartner's compiled list of 10 critical database activities and behaviors - segmented by four roles - that enterprises should be auditing now.