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Database and data warehouse security assessment

Identify and eliminate critical vulnerabilities before they lead to a data breach. Our database and data warehouse security assessment provides a comprehensive review of your crucial data environments. Our expert database consultants deliver an actionable roadmap to strengthen your security posture, ensure regulatory compliance, and protect your most valuable data assets.

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Vulnerability scanning and analysis

Our database consultants use advanced tools to scan your databases and data warehouses for known vulnerabilities. We analyze the results to identify critical threats and prioritize them based on the potential risk to your business.

Configuration and best practices review

We conduct a thorough review of your database and data warehouse configurations against industry best practices. This includes checking parameter settings, patch levels, and network configurations to uncover misconfigurations that could be exploited.

Access control and permissions audit

This service focuses on reviewing user roles, privileges, and access paths. Our database consultants identify excessive permissions and recommend changes based on the principle of least privilege to ensure users can only access the data they are authorized to see.

Compliance assessment and remediation roadmap

We assess your data security practices against industry-specific regulations like GDPR, HIPAA, or PCI. Following the assessment, we provide a detailed, actionable roadmap with prioritized recommendations to help you close security gaps and strengthen your compliance posture.

25+

Years of data expertise

Since 1997, we have been helping organizations solve their toughest data challenges, including securing mission-critical databases and data warehouses against evolving threats.

45+

Technology specializations

Our database consultants have deep expertise across more than 45 database and cloud technologies, allowing us to provide expert security guidance for your entire data ecosystem, from legacy systems to modern cloud platforms.

500+

Global customers

As a global database service provider, we serve customers across the world—many who have been with us for decades, and who trust us to protect their most sensitive and valuable data assets.

Ruby Play Network improves database stability with comprehensive health check and security assessment

Facing critical performance issues that threatened their platform's stability, Ruby Play Network needed a comprehensive assessment of their PostgreSQL database on AWS Aurora. Our expert consultants conducted a thorough database health check, a key component of any security assessment, to analyze their configuration against best practices and identify the root causes of the instability. The resulting optimizations created a more stable and resilient database environment, which is a foundational element of a strong security posture.

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Mitigate the risk of data breaches

Data is a valuable asset, and a security breach can lead to severe financial, legal, and reputational damage. Our assessment identifies and helps you fix vulnerabilities before they can be exploited, significantly reducing the risk of a costly data breach.

Ensure regulatory compliance

Our database consultants help ensure that your company's data practices comply with industry-specific regulations like GDPR or HIPAA. This reduces the risk of costly fines and legal issues, giving you the confidence that your data is being managed in a compliant manner.

Strengthen your overall security posture

By providing a comprehensive view of your security landscape and an actionable remediation roadmap, we empower you to make strategic improvements. This moves your organization from a reactive to a proactive security stance, protecting you against future threats.

Protect your brand and customer trust

A strong security posture is essential for maintaining customer trust. By proactively identifying and addressing security risks, you demonstrate a commitment to protecting your customers' data, which strengthens your brand reputation and builds long-term loyalty.

Discovery and scoping

We begin with an evaluation of your current data sources, infrastructure, and compliance requirements. Together, we’ll define the scope of the assessment, identify the critical assets to be reviewed, and set clear objectives for the engagement.

Comprehensive audit and analysis

Our security consultants perform an in-depth analysis of your environment. This includes conducting vulnerability scans, reviewing configurations and patch levels, and auditing access controls and permissions to identify potential security gaps and misconfigurations.

Reporting and risk prioritization

Following the audit, we compile the findings into a comprehensive report. This report details all identified vulnerabilities, prioritizes them based on the level of risk to your business, and provides a clear explanation of the potential impact of each finding.

Actionable remediation roadmap

We want to ensure you have a clear path forward. The final step is the delivery of a detailed and actionable remediation roadmap. Our experts provide prioritized, step-by-step recommendations to help your team fix the identified vulnerabilities and strengthen your overall security posture.

Ruby Play Network improves database stability with health check

Ruby Play Network engaged Pythian for an assessment of their PostgreSQL database. Our consultants conducted a thorough health check to analyze their configuration against best practices, creating a more stable and resilient database environment.

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How SQL Server 2025 redefines the modern database

Security is a core pillar of modern database platforms. This blog explores the next-gen data intelligence features in SQL Server 2025, including enhancements that are crucial for protecting your data and maintaining a robust security posture.

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I lost my ORAPKI Wallet password! What do I do now?

Managing security credentials like ORAPKI Wallet passwords is a critical but often challenging task. This technical blog provides expert guidance on a common security scenario, walking through the steps to recover access when a password is lost.

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Frequently asked questions (FAQ) about database and data warehouse security assessments

A database and data warehouse security assessment is a comprehensive service that evaluates your data environments for vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and compliance gaps. It provides a detailed, actionable roadmap with prioritized recommendations to help you strengthen your security posture and protect your sensitive data.

A regular security assessment is crucial for proactively identifying and fixing issues before they become critical and lead to costly downtime, data loss, or a system breach. As cyber threats and compliance regulations constantly evolve, an assessment ensures your defenses remain effective and up-to-date.

A data security consultant conducts a comprehensive review that includes identifying known vulnerabilities, auditing user access controls and permissions, reviewing database configurations against best practices, and checking for compliance with regulations like GDPR and HIPAA.

A security assessment helps with compliance by mapping your current security controls against the requirements of specific regulations like GDPR, HIPAA, or PCI. Our final report will identify any gaps in your compliance and provide a clear remediation plan to help you reduce the risk of costly fines and legal issues.

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