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Top 5 Database Security Tools Of 2022

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Here’s a riddle for you.

A man who is half-Atlantean, half-human, heir to the underwater kingdom of Atlantis, possesses superhuman strength and can swim at supersonic speeds. Who is he?

You guessed it right! He’s Arthur, AKA Aquaman. Now, imagine if Arthur had no superpowers.  Then who would have saved the surface world from the attacks of his half-brother King Orm? Thankfully, Arthur possessed superpowers and proved himself to be the true king of the seven kingdoms by winning the trident of King Atlan. He has pledged to save the world, both surface and underwater, with his trident, from malicious activities.

Data is an ocean of information, mostly confidential, that requires a superhero to safeguard it from hackers. We introduce you to the savior of the digital world, who will protect us from malicious activities - Database Security Tools. If you are thinking - what are Database Security Tools? How can they help in preserving the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the databases? Which one is best for your organization and more, then, this article is just for you.
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Arthur Curry, the son of Thomas Curry (a lighthouse keeper) and Atlanna (Queen of Atlantis), has the superpowers of an Atlantean but the heart of a human being. He lives on land with his father; however, he cares about the creatures underwater, just like his mother. He also has the power to communicate with the underwater creatures and can even control them, making him the true hero.

A king fights only for his own nation. A hero fights for everyone.

Arthur wants to save the world from the malevolent activities (both intentional and accidental) of his half-brother King Orm. The character of Arthur Curry truly defines database security. It is a technique that protects and secures databases against intentional or accidental threats. It aims to protect not just data but also the database management system as a whole. It also protects the applications that access the database, from intrusion, misuse of data and damage (Like our hero Aquaman!). Database security is a broad term that includes multiple processes, tools and methodologies that ensure security within a database system.

Now that we know what database security is, let’s go deeper into the ocean to unravel the Top 5 Database Security Tools of 2022.

Top 5 Database Security Tools Of 2022


Database Security Tools provide specialized protection for databases in addition to the existing endpoint and network security products. Businesses use them to ensure that the data stored within a database is secured from unauthorized access, modification and destruction as well as used properly.  
We have created a list of the Top 5 Database Security Tools for you. Choosing the one that suits your requirements is still your call. (Disclaimer - We are doing things a little out of order). 
 
IBM Security Guardium
IBM Security Guardium
Imperva Database Security
Imperva Database Security
McAfee Data Center Security Suite
McAfee Data Center Security Suite
Huawei Database Security Service
Huawei Database Security Service
Trustwave DbProtect
Huawei Database Security Service

Tool 1: IBM Security Guardium


Who doesn’t know IBM? Yes! The company that deals in computer hardware, software and middleware. IBM is famously known for the development of Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMS) and Structured Query Language (SQL). IBM was started in 1911 under the name Computer-Tabulating-Recording (CTR) company and renamed International Business Machines (IBM) in 1924. It won ten awards in various categories in 2021, including the Best Global Culture Award last year. That’s a lot many awards!

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IBM’s Database Security Tool - IBM Security Guardium, scans data infrastructure (databases, data warehouses and big data environments) to ascertain behavioral vulnerabilities (account sharing, excessive administrative logins and unusual after-hours activity) and suggests remedial actions. It sounds like our hero Aquaman who detects threats and resolves them to save the people he loves.

Landing back in the real world! It supports the zero-trust approach to security, which means it never trusts, always verifies i.e., it authorizes every connection. IBM Security Guardium discovers and classifies sensitive data across the enterprise and provides real-time data monitoring, activity monitoring and advanced user behavior analytics which help discover unusual activity around sensitive data. IBM Security Guardium showcases reports as well as suggestions to address the vulnerabilities.

You can trust IBM’s Database Security Tool with centralized monitoring across hybrid multi-cloud, modernized architecture for flexible deployment and scaling. The tool will also provide advanced analytics that will identify, analyze and score risks, integrate the organization’s IT and security ecosystem and automate workflows and long-term storage to meet compliance. Its fast-reporting feature helps you to understand trends to notify stakeholders.

Tool 2: Imperva Database Security


Aquaman keeps his eyes on every activity that tries to intrude the balance of nature to save the world from all kinds of threats. The same is with our next Database Security Tool - Imperva Database Security. Imperva was founded in 2002 by the name WEB Cohort and renamed in 2004. The company won the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Web Application Firewall (WAF) for the seventh consecutive year in 2020. Now that’s what we call an achievement!

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Imperva Database Security Tool attempts to provide a 360-degree view of data risk by protecting data-centric threats, coordinating and automating policies and enriching report data and insights. It helps organizations discover the power of their data by minimizing the risk of non-compliance or a security breach incident. This tool serves analytics, protection and response across all data assets, on-premises and in the cloud, like Arthur who protects every creature across the globe. It also integrates pre-configured and extensible templates, policies, reports and more for quick as well as continuous compliance and risk management.

Besides these features, you can trust Imperva Database Security Tool for detecting and prioritizing threats using Machine Language (ML) and behavioral analytics. You can also rely on Imperva Database Security Tool for real-time alerting, unleashing hidden risk with data discovery and reducing the attacks with data masking (permanently replacing sensitive data so it cannot be read by pesky intruders like King Orm!).
 

Tool 3: McAfee Data Center Security Suite


Being an Atlantean means being more than just being able to breathe in water. Your body is equipped to survive the extreme cold and pressure and your eyes adjust to see in the dark. The flexibility of an Atlantean can be seen in the next Database Security Tool on our list - McAfee Data Center Security Suite. Founded in 1987, McAfee is an American global computer security software company. It received 4 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards in 2020, including the Best Cybersecurity Company Award in North America. which provides a flexible security infrastructure to its clients with complete visibility into complex data centers.

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McAfee Data Center Security Suite provides a flexible security infrastructure to its clients with complete visibility into complex data. It helps the clients discover all virtual machines and secure their databases to grow their businesses in the cloud. It also performs a fully automated discovery of all databases within an environment to identify sensitive data. The McAfee Data Center Security Suite also safeguards databases with a solution that requires no architectural iterations or costly hardware. It can also detect and prevent attempted attacks and intrusions in real-time without requiring database downtime or application testing. How cool is that!  

Apart from this, McAfee Data Center Security Suite provides licensing flexibility, covers crucial platforms such as Windows, Linux and many others, helps with a single security solution, consolidates view across IT controls and enhances accuracy with automated tasks.

Tool 4: Huawei Database Security Service


Here is another renowned company in the field of technology - Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., the parent company of Huawei Database Security Service (DBSS). It is a Chinese multinational technology corporation that was started in 1987 and has grown into one of the largest technology firms today.

TechDogs-"Tool 4: Huawei Database Security Service"-A Screenshot Of The Huawei DSS Tool Displaying The LAN Security Tab
Arthur reclaimed his position as the king of seven kingdoms and took a sacred oath to protect every creature – underwater or on land. Huawei DBSS also provides life-cycle protection of data i.e., from its initial generation to its eventual archival or deletion at the end of its service life, covering disaster recovery, backup and archiving.

Huawei’s DBSS helps customers to recover hot data (frequently accessed and stored on faster storage) upon disaster, back up critical data and make valuable data reusable and save cold data (rarely accessed and stored on slower storage) for longer retention. It protects databases on the cloud by using Machine Learning and Big Data technologies. The tool also has inbuilt HIPPA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act), SOX (Sarbanes-Oxley Act) and PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) to meet audit requirements.

You can also rely on Huawei’s DBSS for malicious URL detection, intelligent anti-tracking, content blocking and automated blocking of apps uploading and downloading insecure data.

Tool 5: Trustwave DbProtect


Arthur has the superpower to identify evil activities to help people stay secured. Our next Database Security Tool – Trustwave DbProtect – shares a similar function. Founded in 1995, Trustwave Holdings, the parent company of Trustwave DbProtect, is an American standalone business unit and cybersecurity brand that focuses on enterprise network security and internet security. Trustwave DbProtect has received the Best Database Security Solution 2021 by SC Awards, a renowned cybersecurity award in the U.S. It identifies and alerts unusual and suspicious behavior to help correlate with other network events.

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This tool is a highly scalable database security platform. It enables organizations to secure their relational databases and Big Data stores with distributed architecture, multi-user/ role-based access and enterprise-level analytics, on-premises or in the cloud. It helps businesses to overcome resource limitations to reveal database configuration errors, access control issues, missing patches and similar issues. These issues could lead to data leakage, misuse or other serious repercussions. Ask the sea for Mercy! This tool comprises a web application server, data repository and distributed components for scanning (scan engine) and monitoring (sensors). It is also able to produce hundreds of reports for all levels of organizations. 

This tool can also be trusted with Vulnerability Management (VM) - a practice of identifying, classifying, prioritizing, remediating and mitigating software vulnerabilities, Rights Management (RM) - a practice of controlling systems that allow owners to control sensitive information immediately and Database Activity Monitoring (DAM) - a technology for monitoring and analyzing database activity (For more simplified tech jargon head on to the TechDogs homepage #WeServeTechnologyWithSimplicity)

Conclusion


Databases are the fundamental component of the IT ecosystem. They can be said to be the crown jewels of any organization – enhancing critical activities by providing the required data instantly through secured channels. Thus, they remain the primary target of hackers and their security is paramount. They require Aquaman, AKA Database Security Tools to save them from all the malicious activities that can harm the ocean of information.

Now that you have learned about Database Security Tools, we hope you can choose the one that best suits your organization.

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