Database security is rife with pitfalls, according to 430 Oracle database administrators surveyed by the Independent Oracle Users Group.
According to the results of the survey released last month, fewer than 30% encrypt personally identifiable information in all their databases, while about 75% acknowledge their organizations do not have a means to prevent privileged database users from reading or tampering with human resources, financial or other business application data in their databases.
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"There are still a lot of holes," says Andrew Flower, president of the IOUG president and vice president LoganBritton. "One of the biggest risks is stealing data internally," he acknowledges, saying the survey shows organizations aren't applying sufficient resources to improve security, and that there's been little change in the results from last year's survey.
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