Author: Eyal Kalderon

In a recent survey, we asked cybersecurity professionals if they mask their data. The results were unsurprising. 90% of respondents said data masking is important. 40% already mask their data, and nearly 50% need to mask it but haven’t yet. Only 10% don’t consider data masking important. For companies that need to mask their data,…

It’s not trivial to find the “correct” investment level for database security. Unlike antivirus, it’s not a simple comparison between multiple vendors. The pricing models don’t align, the features are very intricate, and comparison is impossible. To make things worse, we rarely know exactly what we need. This article aims to give you guidance, so…

We recently conducted a poll to check the state of the database security market, focusing on activity control. The results offer a fascinating glimpse into the mindset of security professionals. Let’s start with the unequivocally good news: every single respondent believes it is vital to control database activity. Everyone agrees. In an industry often divided…

Organizations depend on data, and databases are where that data lives. Databases are the heart that pumps this data throughout your organization and keeps it alive. But data volumes soar, regulations tighten, and treating database security as a collection of isolated technical tasks is a recipe for disaster. Yet, many companies still treat database security…

A recent poll by Blue Core Research shows an interesting pattern in cybersecurity budgets. About half of the companies (47%) increased their cybersecurity budget, while the other half had a negative trend. Within the negative trend, about a quarter had no changes in their budget, half had some decrease, and the last quarter had a…

Database security often feels like a shadowy corner of IT, requiring arcane knowledge that many security teams feel ill-equipped to handle. The question of “Whose job is it?” and “How do we even begin?” loom large, sometimes leading to a sense of paralysis. The analogy of the fox guarding the hens perfectly captures the understandable…

In a world driven by data with threats lurking around every corner, keeping data safe is nearly impossible. However, we then make this challenge worse by copying the data for testing, development, training, and more. If protecting data in production is difficult, protecting these copies outside of the secured production environment is impossible. So, what…

In an exclusive interview, we spoke with Eyal Kalderon, Founder and CTO of Blue Core Research, to gain insight into the current state of database security. Eyal, you have been working with advanced database technologies for over 30 years and focusing on database security for the past two decades. You have several patents and have…

Lessons Learned Aella’s adventure is a perfect example of good data security practices. If you can replicate her example, you will likely avoid a data breach. Let’s break it down into key takeaways and how you can mirror this fictional story in real life. The Security Event One day, Aella, guardian of the Sparkle-Bits, noticed…

We get it. When budgets are tight and threat landscapes seem to expand daily, the siren song of “good enough” security can be tempting. Perimeter defenses, endpoint protection – they feel tangible, like walls around your digital kingdom. Database security? Often perceived as complex, costly, and… well, another thing on the ever-growing list. But what…