Oracle tool to rein in database admins
News The business software giant is readying new software that puts access restrictions on database administrators. The new Oracle Database Vault, due out next month, enforces access controls to help companies meet regulatory and privacy mandates and...
[April 26, 2006, 9:35]
How to stop your data leaking
News Recommendation: "For privileged users like DBAs and sys admins, you can use the above approach to a point -- there is no reason to give DBAs access to every database in your enterprise, just the ones they personally work on.
[September 7, 2004, 13:35]
Compusnack Master
Downloads CompuSnack Master is a system management utility engine designed to be used by system and network admins, account executives and support.One of the core features of Compusnack is to provide a common database (address book) of the network entities.
[April 19, 2007, 8:00]
Automated worm attacks MS SQL Server
News This attack is often successful simply because many admins don't bother setting a password for the administrator account, making an attack through this vector almost trivial. Several previous warnings have been issued, including at least one...
[June 5, 2002, 14:09]
Problem with governments IT future
Blog Comment Get a job with a small but wide ranging IT shop with a few decent admins on board. An example: The policy of this one department was that the software they used never created duplicate customer records in the database.
[January 4, 2008, 16:19]
Old spam ID system issues unusual final call
Blog The idea seems to be to give spam filter admins a whack upside the head (using a spammer list that hasn't been updated for more than a year = bad idea), but unfortunately there will be a bunch of blameless users sitting there wondering why they...
[March 26, 2008, 11:43]
123 Flash Chat Joomla Module/Component
Downloads It's fully customizable for admins and end-users. database of your website integrated. Joomla! Chat Module/ Joomla! Chat Extension, Introduction: * New Functions added in this version: chat-room's settings can be easily configured in...
[May 15, 2008, 8:00]
Oracle updates mobile database
News Oracle released on Monday an update of its mobile database, which is used to connect to corporate information stored on Oracle database servers. With Oracle Database Lite 10g, which costs $100 per named user, Oracle has changed the management tools...
[January 11, 2005, 15:25]
Vital intrusion detection
News These threats and vulnerabilities advance at lightening speed, and it takes time for vendors to catch up with patches and updates (and for admins to apply the updates). It sends automatic responses to improper activity and logs events to a database...
[May 15, 2002, 14:49]
The dangers of scripting flaws in IE
News I trust that most admins probably know how to do this, but you may be able to save some time by providing your users with these simple directions provided by CERT. The attacker worked through a compromised developer's computer and successfully...
[December 15, 2003, 17:00]
RIM and Airwave vie to cut police paperwork
News IT admins can automatically deploy access to applications that are really needed," said Baker. You could ask an officer to make a brief verbal record of the stop, which can be recorded on a central database and translated using voice-to-text...
[February 20, 2008, 10:27]
Static IP conundrum
News Admins need to assign and track the static IP addresses required by many devices, such as servers and routers, so that other hosts do not duplicate these addresses. A seemingly ideal solution would be to use a table or database from which hosts can...
[October 1, 2002, 11:54]
Lock down WinNT
News As a result, admins who are responsible for Windows NT servers still need to keep them safe and secure. Just select the item that begins Database, right-click on it, and choose the Analyze System Now option.
[February 27, 2003, 9:27]
Microsoft turns to Spamhaus for security help
Talkback Me four, I brewed a large pot of indignant froth and sent Microsoft abuse and security a good helping, the admins for bcentral.com and Database last updated on 25-Oct-2000 21:12:39 EDT. Isn't Spamhaus in the business to put spammers out of business?
[December 14, 2005, 1:26]
PostgreSQL 8.4 arrives tailored for admins
News The PostgreSQL project has released version 8.4 of the open source database management software, with more than 290 additions and changes to features. The project spent 16 months working on the new version of the database software.
[July 2, 2009, 17:01]
Oracle admins admonished over security
News Analyst group Gartner has warned administrators to be "more aggressive" when protecting their Oracle applications because they are not getting enough help from the database giant. Gartner published an advisory on its Web site just days after Oracle...
[January 24, 2006, 9:10]
10 (more) New Year's resolutions for net admins
White Papers This year, get that account database cleaned up and get rid of unused accounts. Wrap up 2005 with a solid plan for dealing with network issues that have eluded you all year. Deb and Tom Shinder offer their take on key tasks that will get your new...
[May 18, 2006, 1:00]
