Top 10 Database Security Threats and How to Stop Them
SPEAKER: Noa Bar Yosef, Senior Security Strategist,
Imperva
DATE & TIME: Wednesday, August 4, 2010 | 11:00 AM (PDT) /
2:00 PM (EDT)
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The enterprise database infrastructure houses a gold mine of information highly coveted by malicious hackers and spiteful insiders. As database threats escalate and the government tightens compliance regulations, the need for database security is imperative.
Imperva's own research organization, the Application Defense Center (ADC), has identified the top 10 most dangerous threats affecting today's organizations, as well as provided background and general risk mitigation strategies. Included among the Top 10 list are the following three threats:
- Excessive Privilege Abuse: When users (or applications) are granted database
access privileges that exceed the requirements of their job function,
these privileges may be abused for malicious purpose.
- SQL Injection:
When a perpetrator inserts (or injects) unauthorized database statements
into a vulnerable SQL data channel.
- Denial of Service: When access to network applications or data is denied
to intended users.
