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Database security concerns the use of a broad range of information security controls to protect databases against compromises of their confidentiality, integrity and availability. [1] It involves various types or categories of controls, such as technical, procedural or administrative, and physical. Security risks to database systems include ...
NIST Special Publication 800-92, "Guide to Computer Security Log Management", establishes guidelines and recommendations for securing and managing sensitive log data.The publication was prepared by Karen Kent and Murugiah Souppaya of the National Institute of Science and Technology and published under the SP 800-Series; a repository of best practices for the InfoSec community.
Security information and event management ( SIEM) is a field within the field of computer security, where software products and services combine security information management (SIM) and security event management (SEM). [1] [2] SIEM is the core component of any typical Security Operations Center (SOC), which is the centralized response team ...
A security log is used to track security-related information on a computer system. Examples include: Windows Security Log. Internet Connection Firewall security log. According to Stefan Axelsson, "Most UNIX installations do not run any form of security logging software, mainly because the security logging facilities are expensive in terms of ...
Database activity monitoring (DAM, a.k.a. Enterprise database auditing and Real-time protection [1]) is a database security technology for monitoring and analyzing database activity. DAM may combine data from network-based monitoring and native audit information to provide a comprehensive picture of database activity.
Data integrity. Data integrity is the maintenance of, and the assurance of, data accuracy and consistency over its entire life-cycle. [1] It is a critical aspect to the design, implementation, and usage of any system that stores, processes, or retrieves data. The term is broad in scope and may have widely different meanings depending on the ...
Database encryption can generally be defined as a process that uses an algorithm to transform data stored in a database into "cipher text" that is incomprehensible without first being decrypted. It can therefore be said that the purpose of database encryption is to protect the data stored in a database from being accessed by individuals with ...
Syslog. In computing, syslog / ˈsɪslɒɡ / is a standard for message logging. It allows separation of the software that generates messages, the system that stores them, and the software that reports and analyzes them. Each message is labeled with a facility code, indicating the type of system generating the message, and is assigned a severity ...