Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Chief Analyst & CEO, NAND Research. Oracle announced the general availability of the Oracle Exadata Database Service on Exascale ...

Oracle Corporation continues its cycle of redefining OLTP database performance with its purpose-built Exadata platforms. Last week the company continued the tradition, introducing its twelfth Exadata ...

Oracle Advanced Security's Transparent Data Encryption for Oracle Database 11g Now Supports Intel Advanced Encryption Standard New Instructions (Intel AES-NI) About Oracle Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) is the ...

For Oracle database administrators (DBAs), one of the most critical yet routine tasks is managing backups. Recovery Manager (RMAN), Oracle's native tool for backup and recovery, remains the go-to ...

[The following is excerpted from "Choosing and Implementing an Enterprise Database Encryption Strategy," a new report posted this week on Dark Reading's Database Security Tech Center.] A lot of ...

Commentary - Data encryption has become a necessary component to most enterprise data security strategies. Enterprises can no longer rely on basic authentication and access control tools to protect ...

Data encryption performs two purposes: it protects data against internal prying eyes, and it protects data against external threats (hacking, theft of backup tapes, etc.) Encryption in the database ...

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Following the highly publicized losses of backup tapes containing sensitive information about firms customers, many organizations are examining their own policies and technology options for protecting ...