PostgreSQL Privileges and Security – Locking Down the Public Schema
Introduction In a previous article we introduced the basics of understanding PostgreSQL schemas, the mechanics of creation and deletion, and reviewed several use cases. This article will extend upon those basics and explore managing privileges...
How to Secure Your PostgreSQL Database – 10 Tips
Once you have finished the installation process of your PostgreSQL database server it is necessary to protect it before going into production. In this post, we will show you how to harden the security around...
PostgreSQL Privileges & User Management – What You Should Know
User management within PostgreSQL can be tricky. Typically new users are managed, in concert, within a couple of key areas in the environment. Oftentimes, privileges are perfect on one front, yet configured incorrectly on the...
MySQL vs MariaDB vs Percona Server: Security Features Comparison
Security of data is critical for any organisation. It’s an important aspect that can heavily influence the design of the database environment. When deciding upon which MySQL flavour to use, you need to take into...
How to Secure Galera Cluster – 8 Tips
As a distributed database system, Galera Cluster requires additional security measures as compared to a centralized database. Data is distributed across multiple servers or even datacenters perhaps. With significant data communication happening across nodes, there...
How to Secure the ClusterControl Server
In our previous blog post, we showed you how you can secure your open source databases with ClusterControl. But what about the ClusterControl server itself? How do we secure it? This will be the topic...
Video: Ten Tips to Secure MySQL & MariaDB
This video, based on last weeks blog “Ten Tips to Achieve MySQL and MariaDB Security”, walks you through ten different items to keep in mind when deploying a MySQL or MariaDB database to production. Database...
Bringing MongoDB to Production
We’re happy to announce that our new whitepaper Become a MongoDB DBA: Bringing MongoDB to Production is now available to download for free! This guide discusses the different versions of MongoDB that are available to...
How to Secure MySQL/MariaDB Servers
After attacks on MongoDB databases, we have recently also seen that MySQL servers are being targeted by ransomware. This should not come as a surprise, given the increasing adoption of public and private clouds....
Webinar Replay: How to Secure MongoDB with ClusterControl
Join us for our new webinar on “How to secure MongoDB with ClusterControl” on Tuesday, March 14th! In this webinar we will walk you through the essential steps necessary to secure MongoDB and how to...
Pre-Emptive Security with Audit Logging for MongoDB
Database security is a broad subject that stretches from pre-emptive measurements to keeping unwanted visitors out. Even if you would be able to secure your MongoDB servers fully, you still would like to know if...
How MongoDB Database Automation Improves Security
The growing number of cyberattacks on open source database deployments highlights the industry’s poor administrative and operational practices. If 2016 taught us anything, it was the importance of sound operational practices and security measures in...