What is a Database Security Assessment?

A database penetration test will demonstrate if your database is properly designed, configured and maintained and conforms to industry and vendor best practice.

CyberSRC® Database Security Assessment is a built-in approach which presents systematic and proactive security to the database. CyberSRC® penetration trying out eliminates the risk associated with each internet and database particular assaults and helps compliance with applicable standards, laws & regulations. We do manual testing to find out the recognized database protection vulnerabilities. CyberSRC® database security testing is completed to stop undesired records disclosure and information modification, while making sure the availability of the imperative service.

Applicability

The evolution of digital technology and the growth of the Internet have made life and work more efficient and convenient. Information can be accessed with a few clicks of a mouse or by scrolling through and tapping a touch screen. Filing cabinets have gone the way of typewriters and fax machines.
Companies can organize and store large volumes of information in databases that are “in the cloud”.
Information stored in the database is important for business.
These are considered valuable assets. In the wrong hands, they can lead to the downfall of the business, personal and financial ruin of the client/ customer.
This is why database security is important. Criminal elements; people with malicious intent are targeting your data because they want to take your success away from you.
Thus, in as much as digital technology and the Internet have made life and work easier; they have likewise made risks higher for business and the consumer.
So, we providing the triad of confidentiality, integrity and availability, which is the foundation of information security, and database security.

Objective

The volume of data worldwide will increase by ten times to 163 zettabytes by 2025. Data breaches are growing every day than ever before because getting the information from database (or) the entire database is what every hacker’s final goal. According to the recent ThreatSploit report, Ransom ware is the type 1 malware costing companies millions of dollars in revenue which includes restoring the data.
Database Security assessments helps to protect your company against these increasing data breaches and whether the database is securely configured and meets the data protection and privacy regulations.

Service Highlights

  • Supports wide range of databases such as SQL, Mysql, Oracle, Postgresql, etc.
  • Covers wide range of database vulnerabilities from configuration, Privilege Management, operational and Regulatory Compliance
  • Provides with custom report templates for making compliance reporting more effective.
  • A range of manual tests closely aligned with the OWASP, CIS and other methodologies.
  • Instantaneous notification of any critical vulnerability to help you take action quickly.
  • Collaborative work with your in-house database team to understand the issue and recommend a proper fix.
  • Meeting compliance expectations like PCI: DSS, HIPAA, CCPA, GDPR etc.

Database Security Risks

The following can pose a risk to the security of database systems:

  • Issues emanating from inactive accounts, shared account credentials, use of easy to guess passwords, inconsistent processes, default database settings, inadequate access permissions, unused and unmaintained logs.
  • Abuse by authorized database users, such as database administrators, network/systems managers, or un-authorized users, such as hackers.
  • Malware infections causing incidents of data breach or denial and the unanticipated failure of database services.
  • Design flaws and programming bugs in databases and the associated programs and systems, creating various security vulnerabilities, such as un-authorized privilege escalation, data loss or corruption, and performance degradation.
  • Data corruption or loss caused by the entry of invalid data or commands, mistakes in database or system administration processes, including sabotage or criminal damage.

Approach

  • Besides periodic security reviews, it is imperative to assess database security during database upgrades and migration to new platforms.
  • Our database vulnerability assessment method includes sequential steps starting with preliminary interviews to analyze security requirements. It further consists of database artefact collection for detailed assessment, reporting essential assessment findings and discussing ways to strengthen security.
  • Preliminary interviews are conducted to understand current issues, the current setup and settings, security policies, operational methods, and future updates.
  • After the interviews are completed, database artefacts, including network structure and settings, operating system settings, log configuration, database accounts, and database settings are collected for a detailed assessment.
  • The initial assessment report includes primary database assessment metrics, current issues and proposed improvements. These will help in addressing the findings of the assessment considering data attributes, system attributes, and current issues.
  • Finally, a proposal gets submitted for recommending measures to address database security vulnerabilities.
We support the following databases: Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL and many more……..

      Why CyberSRC®?

      Established in January 2018, CyberSRC® Consultancy offers the full machination of cyber security services ranging from threat intelligence, VMS to general advisory services in areas pertaining to Cyber security such as vulnerability attacks, compliance, and cyber security regulations, and laws. We are into system audits such as ISNP Audits, NBFC Audits, UCB Audits, PPI Audits, and SEBI Audits. We provide our solutions with better accountability. We are a certified assurance firm. We are an ISO 27001 certified organization, backed by a very diverse and dynamic team which have a combined experience.