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Although many enterprises employ basic database security measures such as authentication, authorization, and access control to secure critical databases, the growing number and sophistication of attacks means that these measures alone are no longer good enough to protect private data. Today, many database attacks occur without warning or enterprises even being aware that an attack took place. Forrester recently interviewed a large retail firm’s database administrator (DBA) who claimed that someone broke into the company’s critical database system and stole private data and that the breach went undiscovered for 45 days. All databases can be vulnerable, even those that implement advanced security measures, but soft targets are often the first to fall victim to attack.2 Internal threats — which can be difficult to detect — remain at an all-time high.

According to the Forrester Research/TechTarget November 2008 Global Database Management Online Survey, 90% of respondents claimed that database security features are important when choosing a DBMS. In this survey, 58% of respondents indicated that securing private data in databases was challenging.