The Hidden Blind Spot in Access Auditing: Databases
Most organizations have made significant progress in auditing user access at the application and identity provider level. However, databases remain a persistent blind spot. Traditional database access auditing often focuses on query logging or privileged access, but it fails to provide a comprehensive, role-based view of what data a user can access, not just what […]
Improving MySQL 8.0 Scale and Security for E-Commerce
Inxpress deployed the Heimdall Database Proxy for their Amazon RDS for MySQL for added database scale and security. This blog highlights the challenges and the benefits acheived by implementing the proxy. Challenge When Inxpress upgraded the MySQL database from 5.7 to 8.0, they lost the query caching feature and need […]
Scaling and Securing Postgres Data Connections
Postgres databases are known for having a high number of connections. Additionally, thes user need authenticate to ensure the appropriate, limited access is given. In this blog, we will discuss how Postgres customers deployed the the Heimdall Database Proxy and PAM . Challenge High connection counts […]
Active Directory Enforcement for Public Sector
Database user management is complex and often not in regulatory compliance. User credentials can sprawl to the directory, application and database. Managing this requires extensive work. In this blog, we will discuss how the customer used the Heimdall Database PAM solution to fulfill regulatory compliance and federal mandates. Challenge This federal customer deployed Amazon […]
How Reliable Is Today’s Database Access Auditing?
Database security is deceptively complex. While companies strive to maintain robust security and compliance programs, auditing access to sensitive data in databases remains a blind spot. Database permissions are not simply about assigning direct privileges to users: They involve layered, indirect, and inherited privileges that traditional auditing tools fail to expose effectively. Layered Privilege Complexity […]
Heimdall Proxy for Amazon Redshift Overview
Companies deploy Amazon Redshift for large-scale MPP (Massively Parallel Processing) data analytics. These systems apply parallel compute resources to answer queries quickly. However, there remain application security and performance challenges. Heimdall Data offers an Amazon Redshift proxy to solve these challenges without code changes. As part of the Amazon Redshift Service Program, we are the […]
Automated SQL Query Caching into Amazon ElastiCache for Amazon RDS and Redshift
Automated query caching can significantly improve the performance of your database by reducing the time required to retrieve frequently accessed data. While Amazon ElastiCache is primarily designed as an in-memory data store for caching, it is not directly integrated with Amazon RDS, Amazon Aurora, or Amazon Redshift for automated query caching. However, following specific […]
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Offloading SQL for Amazon RDS with the Heimdall Proxy
By Antony Prasad Thevaraj, Solutions Architect Getting the maximum scale from your database often requires fine-tuning the application which incurs time and cost. It’s productivity that could have been used towards other strategic initiatives. The Heimdall Proxy was designed to intelligently manage SQL connections helping you get the most out of your database without […]