How to protect a database from the inside out

Five Lessons from a Data Center's Crisis of Capacity; Storage Virtualization makes Asian Paints Agile IT Best Practices NetworkWorld.com | Update Your Profile | Forward this to a Friend >>> Sponsored by IBM Smart Work for a Smarter Planet. An infusion of intelligence and interconnected technologies are literally changing the way the world works. Smart Work embraces change by creating a more agile, collaborative and connected business environment. Find out more... Click to continue Spotlight Story How to protect a database from the inside out Your databases contain your company's most sensitive information -- credit card numbers, bank records, customer account information, financial records and so on. Chances are your database security is based on building a secure perimeter around the database, but this still leaves the data at risk. Sentrigo puts a sensor on your database to detect each illicit activity so you can detect, alert and prevent data breaches. 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