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The Road To Good Data Security

The Best Practices Guide Puts Companies on the Path to

Good Database Security

The cost of a data breach climbs higher and rising each year. The cost of a data breach for U.S. companies is $214 per compromised record and averaged $7.2 million per data breach event. Trying to prevent a data breach is an ongoing effort, but at Pivot Point Security we do what we can to help our customers simplify the process of knowing you’re secure.

That is why we are constantly creating new whitepapers, guides, case studies and blog as often as we do. Two of our most popular downloads are the ISO 27001 Implementation Roadmap and our Penetration Testing Whitepaper. If you haven’t downloaded a copy I highly recommend it. If you prefer not filling out a form, just reply to this email and I’ll be happy to send them as attachments.

A couple of weeks ago, we created a new document available (for free of course) on our website. This time, it is a Database Security Roadmap. Because data is only as secure as the systems & processes it relies on – a holistic approach to data security is essential. This roadmap is not meant to be exhaustive but rather to stimulate the necessary thought process to put you on the path to good data security.

The Database Security Roadmap provides insight into:

Securing the Data
Securing the Database Configuration
Securing Data Ingress/Egress
Securing the Database Server
Securing the Network
Securing the Physical Environment

With over 230 reported data breaches in the first 6 months of 2011 and over 2500 reported since 2005 – it is time to flush out database threats and vulnerabilities.

Knowing you’re secure and proving you’re compliant has never been easier.

Scott

Free Download: A Best Practices Guide to Database Security

Because data is only as secure as the systems & processes it relies on – a holistic approach to data security is essential. This roadmap is not meant to be exhaustive but rather to stimulate the necessary thought process to put you on the path to good data security.

Free Download: ISO 27001 Implementation Roadmap

Have no fear – our “roadmap” will guide you, step by step, through the entire ISO 27001 process.

Getting to ISO 27001 certification is a process made up of things you already know – and things you may already be doing!

Is ISO 27001 Right for (Y)our Organization?

Thinking about ISO 27001 Certification? View our free On-Demand ISO 27001 Webinar

How to deal with increasing threats
How to manage multiple regulatory requirements
How to handle client requests for attestation
To validate that significant changes did not have unanticipated results

Free Whitepaper: Five Best Practices for SIEM

The promise of SIEM is the consolidation of all relevant Security Event Logs from disparate sources into a single unified and normalized data store.

Simplify compliance monitoring/reporting
Vastly improve Incident Detection & Incident Response
Contextualize event information with other business relevant information

Download: Information Security Attestation Guide

A Best-Practices Guide to Information Security Attestation

Download our proven Information Security Guide to simplify the process of protecting your data, proving you’re secure and growing your business.

Free Download: A Best Practices Guide to Database Security

Free Whitepaper: Stop Wasting Money on Penetration Testing

Penetration Testing is most frequently performed to:

Substantiate the net effectiveness of a mature control environment
Prove to a third party that an environment is secure/trustworthy
Quickly assess the security of a less mature control environment (in a sense a technical risk assessment)
To validate that significant changes did not have unanticipated results

Best Practices for Firing A Network Security Administrator

Want to know how to fire a Network Admin? Need to know what precautions to take? Firing any employee can be a stressful event. Firing one who has significant knowledge of and privileged access to your Information Technology/Security infrastructure is even more stressful, as the risks are so notable.