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A Fresh Look at Database Security

Abstract

In September 2015, IBM released Guardium 10, the latest version of its flagship enterprise database security suite. IBM Guardium is relevant to any organization wishing to improve its database security management and is becoming the de facto standard for database activity monitoring and database vulnerability assessment for IBM DB2, IBM Informix, Oracle and SQL Server. This article is a quick glance at some of the more obvious operational improvements with Guardium 10, comparing the installation and configuration process and taking a look at the new interface. This article is aimed at those already familiar with Guardium or those who may have evaluated earlier versions and would like to start to explore the capabilities of the new version.

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IBM Guardium v9.5 VM Installation

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This technical article will guide the reader through an IBM Guardium v9.5 VM installation and focus on some of the more obvious do’s and don’ts. If nothing else, if this is your first time installing Guardium this article will save you hours of head scratching. Note that there are no easily accessible trials for IBM Guardium however the IBM Part Numbers have been referenced to ease location of the required software.

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Little known IDS commands: onsecurity

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Continuing the series of lesser known IDS commands lurking in the bin directory of your Informix installation directory, today we’re looking at onsecurity. It is very important to keep your database server and associated files secure; as well as keeping your data safe, later versions of IDS will refuse to start should the base ownership and permissions be too insecure. If your installation has been moved or copied, or other files or directories been added over time, IDS may not be running in the most secure environment. Shipped with IDS since version 11.50.FC4, the onsecurity utility can check a given directory path is secure, report on any issues found, and can even generate a script to remedy the situation.

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