Database-Brothers, Inc. (DBI),
an industry leading provider of database performance and accountability
solutions for Oracle and DB2 LUW, today announced a new version of
Brother-WatchDog(TM), a breakthrough software solution designed to capture
and record database activities to create immutable audit trails and hold
privileged users accountable. Featuring robust data auditing capabilities
for both Oracle and DB2 LUW databases, Brother-WatchDog helps organizations
fight the risks of identity and information theft, enables PCI and HIPAA
compliance and improves SOX preventative and detective internal controls.
"Today's corporate data is literally naked and exposed to the
increasing risk of theft," said Scott Hayes, CEO and founder of DBI. "From
personal credit card data to private medical records, today's businesses
are an open buffet of information. And yet, even though their most valuable
data assets are exposed, businesses around the globe lack the data auditing
tools necessary to identify data breaches. This means that any privileged
user with data access rights can come right in and consume as much data as
they want without detection."
"Through detection of unusual behavior, database activity monitoring
can limit insider misuse of database systems, enforce separation of duties
for database administrators and limit certain external attacks - all
without affecting database performance, requiring structural database
changes or forcing application changes," said Rich Mogull, research vice
president, Gartner in the July 12, 2006 Gartner research note: "Top Five
Steps to Prevent Data Loss and Information Leaks."
"The risk of identity theft is further exacerbated by the increasing
use of business process outsourcing, and the out-sourcing of out-sourcing,"
said Marie Buretta, an IBM GOLD Consultant. "The result is that poorly
encrypted data is copied and sent, copied and sent, copied and sent - from
outsourcer to outsourcer. This means sensitive data, that can in many
situations be easily decoded, is now all over the globe. There is simply no
audit trail of who has the data, how many times it has been copied and
forwarded, and how to reel it in after the outsourcing effort is complete.
It is just a security disaster waiting to happen."
Digital Surveillance with Brother-WatchDog
DBI's new release of Brother-WatchDog is a powerful database activity
monitoring and auditing solution designed to track access and updates to
corporate database data according to configurable business process
guidelines. Like a video camera, Brother-WatchDog captures and records all
configured data activities to create immutable audit trails and hold
privileged users accountable. Brother-WatchDog tracks Web application end
user identities and locations, and correlates them to their database
statement activities. This gives companies the power to hold all privileged
users - including DBAs,
decision analysts, clients and application users - accountable for the
data they change or simply view.
Brother-WatchDog can answer:
* Who initiated data access or updates
* What data was accessed or updated
* Where the activity originated from (specifically, what IP Address)
* When the database activity occurred (date and time)
* How much data was impacted
* Whether the access or update succeeded or failed
* What was the cost of the activity
Using an unobtrusive Web Server "zap," the new version captures end
user identity and location "fingerprint" information and passes this
fingerprint into the audited database via the existing connection pool.
Here Brother- WatchDog correlates the fingerprint identity to its database
activities. This information is secured using tamper evident seals, or
digital signatures, to assure management and auditors that the audit data
accurately reflects genuine database activities.
With a portfolio of "out-of-the-box" built-in reports, Brother-WatchDog
provides immediate insight into suspicious and actionable database
activities. Flexible, easy-to-use customizable ad hoc reporting features
help customers to quickly find "needles in haystacks" or perform forensic
data research. Brother-WatchDog can span a heterogeneous database
enterprise to provide audit capabilities across an entire organization.
Promotion, Pricing and Availability
Over 71 percent of data breaches in 2006 have occurred in government,
higher education and healthcare organizations. To help fight the war on
identity theft and help eliminate data crimes and corruption worldwide, DBI
is offering free licenses of the newest Brother-WatchDog database auditing
software solution to organizations in these three industries. Free licenses
will be available, for up to 2 CPUs, for all orders placed by government,
higher education and healthcare organizations before December 31, 2006.
Brother-WatchDog for Oracle, with support for Oracle 9.2 and 10g, and
Brother-WatchDog for DB2 are both available now. Non-promotional pricing
starts at $10,785 per CPU. US patent pending. For more information, please
visit: http://www.database-brothers.com/war .
About Database-Brothers, Inc.
Database-Brothers, Inc. (DBI), headquartered in Austin, Texas, is an
industry leader in distributed DB2 LUW and Oracle database accountability
and performance best practices methodologies, services, and products that
enable companies to accelerate business accountability and performance with
clarity. For more information about DBI, visit
http://www.database-brothers.com or call (866) 773-8789.
Database-Brothers, Inc, DBI, the DBI logos, and all other DBI product
or service names are registered trademarks or trademarks of
Database-Brothers, Inc. All other trademarks or registered trademarks
belong to their respective companies.
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