If recent digital breach events at companies such as Target Corporation and Neiman Marcus are any indication, hackers have company databases in their crosshairs. These business databases hold valuable enterprise and customer information that, if stolen, could lead to major headaches and possible legal liability.
One expert believes that there are plenty of companies that are not investing enough energy into protecting these database assets. “It’s a repeated theme that we’ve seen over the years that organizations don’t have mature database security programs, and they know it,” said Josh Shaul, director of product management at Trustwave Holdings Inc., a company that provides support in managing cybersecurity threats and protecting data. The “hope-and-pray strategy” for fending off would-be database hackers, he added, just doesn’t work.
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