You would think that enterprises realize by now that databases, which hold the “crown jewels” of sensitive information, need protecting. Unfortunately, there seems to be a serious disconnect and knowledge gap between IT security professionals and DBAs that are entrusted with the task of safeguarding databases.
Database-specific knowledge is crucial for successfully enforcing security policy as it relates to databases and that knowledge is most readily available with database administrators. Only serious dialog between IT security and the DBA department would create the knowledge necessary to develop and enforce an effective security policy for databases and prioritize it correctly among the other IT security items.
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