Application Security, Inc.'s DbProtect(TM) Expands Operating System Support for Oracle Databases.Expanded Privileged Activity Monitoring and Auditing Capabilities Critical for Customers with Multiple OS Environments NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- Application Security, Inc., the leading provider of database security solutions for the enterprise, today announced that its market-leading database activity monitoring solution, DbProtect AppRadar[TM] now supports local monitoring of Oracle databases operating on IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) IBM's Unix-based operating system which runs on its Intellistation workstations and pSeries, p5, iSeries and i5 server families. , HP-UX HP's version of Unix that runs on its 9000 family. It is based on SVID and incorporates features from BSD Unix along with several HP innovations. (operating system) HP-UX - The version of Unix running on Hewlett-Packard workstations. and Linux. The company's continued efforts to provide activity monitoring and auditing solutions across heterogeneous environments Using hardware and system software from different vendors. Organizations often use computers, operating systems and databases from a variety of vendors. Contrast with homogeneous environment. demonstrates Application Security, Inc.'s commitment to offer the most comprehensive database security solution, including at the host level. The new host-based sensors within the DbProtect[TM] suite monitor privileged activity on both HP-UX PA-RISC (Precision Architecture-RISC) A proprietary RISC-based CPU architecture from HP that was introduced in 1986. It is the foundation of HP's 3000 and 9000 computer families. See IA-64. and HP-UX Itanium, as well as IBM AIX and Linux 64-bit. This expanded support is critical as it offers enterprise customers who typically have heterogeneous environments the ability to audit both remote and local administrative activity independent of platform. In general, host-based sensors offer a scalable deployment model that provides highly tunable auditing and monitoring without imposing complex IT restrictions or requiring native auditing. These new host-based sensors, combined with network-based sensors, allow organizations unprecedented flexibility to configure See configuration. (software) configure - A program by Richard Stallman to discover properties of the current platform and to set up make to compile and install gcc. Cygnus configure was a similar system developed by K. database monitoring deployments to their unique requirements using host-based, network-based, or hybrid data collection as appropriate. "Organizations realize that with insider threats on the rise they need to monitor privileged activity," said Ted Julian, vice president of marketing and strategy for Application Security, Inc. "Insider threats can stem from employees, consultants, contractors, customers, and suppliers - anyone who has access to a company's most critical asset: its data. Mitigating mit·i·gate v. mit·i·gat·ed, mit·i·gat·ing, mit·i·gates v.tr. To moderate (a quality or condition) in force or intensity; alleviate. See Synonyms at relieve. v.intr. To become milder. this risk with comprehensive activity monitoring is essential and must include all sensitive data, independent of platform." Far more than a general-purpose usage analysis tool and not restricted solely to Web traffic, DbProtect's AppRadar module delivers best-in-class auditing and security for all traffic to and from the database, including administrator usage. The industry's leading vulnerability knowledge-base of database threats uniquely allows DbProtect to monitor all user activity and system changes and flag complex attacks and threats with context-rich, real-time alerts. As a result, known threats like cursor (1) The symbol used to point to some element on screen. On Windows, Mac and other graphics-based screens, it is also called a "pointer," and it changes shape as it is moved with the mouse into different areas of the application. injection are immediately flagged and named as such thus sparing administrators unnecessary grunt work and speeding intelligent response. About Application Security, Inc. Application Security, Inc. (www.appsecinc.com) is the leading global provider of database security solutions for the enterprise. Application Security, Inc.'s products - the industry's only complete database security solution - proactively secure databases in the most demanding environments around the world. Application Security, Inc. delivers up-to-date database protection that minimizes risk and allows organizations to confidently connect with customers, partners, and suppliers. DbProtect is a trademark of Application Security, Inc. 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