Good Morning
First of all my apologies for not announcing the results of the
nomination for the new member of the ANZ HEUG Executive.
I will do that on Monday however in the mean time, the following will
be of interest.
Regards
Allan
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Oracle Buys Secerno
Adds Heterogeneous Database Firewall to Oracle’s Industry-leading
Database Security Solutions
Redwood Shores, CA – May 20, 2010
News Facts
· Oracle has agreed to acquire Secerno, a provider of database
firewall solutions for Oracle and non-Oracle databases.
· Organizations require a comprehensive security solution which
includes database firewall functionality to prevent sophisticated
attacks from reaching databases.
· Secerno’s solution adds a critical defensive layer of
security around databases, which blocks unauthorized activity in
real-time.
· Secerno’s products are expected to augment Oracle’s
industry-leading portfolio of database security solutions, including
Oracle Advanced Security, Oracle Database Vault and Oracle Audit Vault
to further ensure data privacy, protect against threats, and enable
regulatory compliance.
· The combination of Oracle and Secerno underscores Oracle’s
commitment to provide customers with the most comprehensive and advanced
security offering that helps reduce the costs and complexity of securing
their information throughout the enterprise.
· The transaction is expected to close before end of June 2010.
Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.