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10 essential tips for bolstering cloud security in your business

CIO

Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) : Use an additional layer of authentication, such as a fingerprint or one-time code, to verify user identities. Privileged Access Management (PAM) System and database administrators are likely targets for cyber-attacks as they have access to sensitive data and applications.

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Optimizing PCI compliance in financial institutions

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All other needs, for example, authentication, encryption, log management, system configuration, would be treated the same—by using the architectural patterns available. Some of them not only can provide strong authentication, but also have the ability to be used as a secret repository.

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Common RDS Misconfigurations DevSecOps Teams Should Know

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Relational databases have become the option of choice for organizations wishing to streamline and scale the use, storage and retrieval of data. Many organizations choose AWS Relational Database Service (RDS) to forego the resource-intensive tasks related to database administration including management and continuous oversight.

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Oracle April 2022 Critical Patch Update Addresses 221 CVEs

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Oracle NoSQL Database. Administration (Netty). Oracle NoSQL Database. Administration (Netty). Oracle NoSQL Database. Administration (Netty). Oracle NoSQL Database. Administration (Netty). Oracle NoSQL Database. Administration (Netty). Oracle NoSQL Database. CVE-2021-37137.

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Oracle October 2021 Critical Patch Update Addresses 231 CVEs

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NoSQL Database. Administration. NoSQL Database. Administration. A full breakdown of the patches for this quarter can be seen in the following table, which also includes a count of vulnerabilities that can be exploited over a network without authentication. Patch Installer. Apache Commons Compress. CVE-2021-35517.

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10 Best Practices to Secure PostgreSQL AWS RDS/Aurora

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Tools like PSQL client or pgAdmin should be installed on bastion hosts for Administrative needs for the database administrators. Use IAM Database Authentication: AWS RDS and Aurora support authentication to the database using IAM user or role credential.

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Top 5 New Features of Oracle 18c Database

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With the release of Oracle 18c in January of 2019, database administrators can draw on a range of new features and functional improvements throughout the product. Starting with Oracle 18c, the database can authenticate and authorize users from Microsoft’s Active Directory, without the need for any intermediate directories.