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Sujith Kumar has over 25 years of professional experience in the IT industry. Sujith has been extensively involved in designing and delivering innovative solutions for the Fortune 500 companies in the United States and across the globe for disaster recovery and high availability preparedness initiatives.  Recently after leaving Quest Software/Dell after 19 years of service he was working at Cirro, Inc. focusing on database management and security. His main focus and area of interest is anything data related. Sujith has a Master of Science in engineering degree from Texas A&M University and a Bachelor of Science in engineering degree from Bangalore University and has published several articles in referred journals and delivered presentations at several events.
Sensitive Data Discovery for Compliance
Sensitive Data Discovery for Compliance

Sensitive Data Discovery for Compliance

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The industrial revolution began in the late 18th century and revolutionized the manufacturing process; in a similar manner, the digital revolution happening now is fundamentally changing the way that organizations conduct business. The Digital revolution is all about the digital transformation of how business is conducted in today’s connected world. By migrating data from paper archives to the digital world, businesses can now integrate and utilize relevant data in our day-to-day lives.  It has nothing to do with the evolution…

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How to Set Up a VPN Tunnel to Microsoft Azure
How to Set Up a VPN Tunnel to Microsoft Azure

How to Set Up a VPN Tunnel to Microsoft Azure

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Microsoft Azure offers different variations of the SQL databases that can be deployed based on the workload and complexity requirements as follows: Azure SQL Databases – This is a fully managed SQL database engine created using the latest version of Enterprise Edition of SQL Server.  It is essentially a DBaaS (Database-as-a-Service) and can be deployed as a single database, elastic pool or database server.  A single database is similar to a database that can be created in a SQL Server…

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Protip: How to Setup User Activity & Database Logon Scans in StealthAUDIT for Oracle

Protip: How to Setup User Activity & Database Logon Scans in StealthAUDIT for Oracle

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StealthAUDIT for Oracle can monitor database user activity in all your Oracle databases. In addition, it can also enumerate and report on user permissions, database configuration, conduct a vulnerability assessment and can help you discover and report on sensitive data stored in your Oracle databases. StealthAUDIT Oracle activity monitoring can audit all types of database activity. Such as the type of SQL statement executed, changes to data, username, application, execution time, etc., StealthAUDIT for Oracle leverages native auditing available in…

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An Oracle DBA's Guide to Microsoft SQL Server Security
An Oracle DBA’s Guide to Microsoft SQL Server Security

An Oracle DBA’s Guide to Microsoft SQL Server Security

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In today’s world, it is quite common for companies to use more than one type of relational database platform to host enterprise applications.  If you are an old-time Oracle DBA like me and are asked to administer Microsoft SQL Servers in addition to Oracle databases, the task can be pretty daunting from a SQL Server security perspective.  In this blog, I will try to explain the differences and similarities between the Oracle and SQL Server security models.  The difference in…

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What is a Data Repository and What is it Used for
What is a Data Repository and What is it Used for?

What is a Data Repository and What is it Used for?

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Online businesses are rapidly overtaking the revenue of brick-and-mortar businesses in today’s internet age. The changes brought forth by internet-driven communication are driving businesses to become data-driven organizations.  Organizations that master how to collect and manipulate data to their advantage will triumph over their competitors. The sheer volume of data being collected by businesses today goes beyond what traditional relational databases can handle, giving rise to a series of different data repositories – Relational Databases, Data Warehouses, Data Lakes, Data…

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Protip: How to Setup User Activity & Server Logon Scan in StealthAUDIT for SQL

Protip: How to Setup User Activity & Server Logon Scan in StealthAUDIT for SQL

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Now that you have been using StealthAUDIT for SQL for a while, you might be wondering how to squeeze more value out of the product by enhancing the information it is collecting and reporting on.  StealthAUDIT for SQL relies on native SQL server auditing capabilities to collect and report on user activity, as well as successful or unsuccessful server or database logon activity.  As a result, you will need to adjust some additional configuration options within SQL to ensure you…

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