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Database Monitor

Network-based Database Monitoring for Protection and Compliance

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NitroGuard Database Monitor (DBM) is a complete database protection solution that delivers non-intrusive, detailed security logging of databases and applications by monitoring all access to sensitive corporate and customer data. NItroGuard DBM's pre-defined rules and reports, privacy-friendly logging features and encrypted, time-stamped files make it easy to comply with regulations such as Sarbanes-Oxley, PCI, HIPAA, GLBA, FDIC, FISMA, DCID 6/3, and ISO 17799, among others.

"... we have centralized monitoring from the perimeter to the application layer. It is a very powerful tool from a security perspective. This is the trend for the future."

Career Education Corporation

Integrated Compliance Solution

NitroGuard DBM integrates well with both NitroView LogCaster, for compliant storage and encryption of database activity logs, and NitroView ESM, for event analysis and correlation. Pre-built compliance reporting is available whether you choose LogCaster or NitroView ESM or both, assisting you in your compliance efforts regardless of your specific operational needs.

Protect Your Data at its Source

Pre-defined rules & reports to meet your security & compliance needs for:

PCI
SOX
HIPAA
FISMA
FDIC
GLBA
ISO 17799
Basel II
FFIEC
DCID 6/3

Where NitroGuard IPS protects external paths to your data, NitroGuard DBM monitors the source itself, protecting sensitive corporate and customer data - whether application-based, from users, malware, utilities, "back-doors," queries, LAMP scripting, ODBC, etc., - to ensure a proactive approach to data security.

NitroGuard DBM captures such metrics as the login name, client IP, violation type, the SQL query, and even whether the query succeeded or failed. IT managers get policy-driven alerts and have detailed knowledge of who is accessing what and when—pinpointing inappropriate access, alerting upon detection and taking direct action to enforce policies and prevent sensitive data leaking from databases. NitroGuard DBM can terminate database user sessions to prevent unauthorized applications, users or networks from accessing the data.

NitroGuard DBM's reporting includes a schema and dynamic sorting feature, along with advanced filtering, storage and searching, making it easier than ever to provide required reports, resulting in enhanced data efficiency. Reports can be customized scheduled, emailed or written to file-shares in popular formats such as pdf, html, xml and csv.

"Database Activity Monitoring is crucial because organizations store sensitive, business-critical information in their DBMSs. Monitoring & analysis of critical data access is becoming a compliance standard of due care, & this capability is also required to detect data breaches in the event of a successful targeted attack."

Gartner: Mark Nicolett, "DAM Technology Provides Monitoring & Analytics", NOV 2007

Flexible Options

Network-based database monitoring ensures zero-impact to your core database applications. Rather than using processor cycles on your database server, NitroGuard sits on the network next to your server, monitoring traffic for suspicious activity, transactions, logins, etc. However, for those companies requiring an agent-based system—such as environments where the console and database cohabit a server—NitroGuard DBM is available as a host-based database monitor, as well. Either way, your data is being watched: activity is logged for compliance, and alerts are sent to NitroView ESM for analysis, correlation, and forensic operations.

Part of Your Edge-to-Core Security Solution

Critical assets require multiple layers of protection. A bank keeps money in a safe, but also locks its doors and monitors the lobby. The same edge-to-core protection is provided by NitroGuard family: NitroGuard IPS protects the perimeter and watches what is happening in your network; NitroGuard DBM monitors your core database applications. Alerts from both systems are managed together by NitroView ESM for correlation and analysis, providing a clear picture of everything that's happening within your infrastructure.