SenSage Event Data Warehouse Journal

SenSage, Inc., the leading provider of enterprise security analytics, today released a white paper entitled, "The Event Analysis and Retention Dilemma," which identifies significant security data information management deficiencies that can compromise an organization's compliance with regulations such as Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA, FFIEC and data privacy. Corporations must demonstrate corporate governance, security due process and adherence to regulatory compliance to their auditors, shareholders, partners and customers.  Compliance requires consistent security monitoring, full incident investigation and long-term data retention -- in some cases over seven years.  Half of reported incidents are perpetrated internally and cause the most financial damage.  Collecting and retaining application and security event information is critical to identifying sources of insider abu... (more)

IBM Releases V 2.0 of Autonomic Toolkit

As more companies adopt autonomic computing, software developers must remain vigilant in providing customers the latest tools. IBM, one of the strongest proponents of autonomic computing, launched a new version of its Autonomic Computing Toolkit. Version 2.0 offers improved performance of autonomic technologies, expanded platform support, and improved Eclipse-based integration. Reaction from customers has been overwhelming positive, beginning with the toolkit's initial release in February. Customers have been calling for more autonomic provisions. The toolkit is built to work wit... (more)

Oracle Co-Founder Bruce Scott Enters Security Management Space

"The complexity of identifying and responding to security threats and meeting industry compliance requirements requires new approaches to break through cost of ownership and data management limitations imposed by legacy architectures," said Bruce Scott, one of Oracle's co-founders and the co-architect of the first three versions of the Oracle database, as it was announced today that he's joining the management team of SenSage - an emerging player in the security management space, has the fastest and most scalable system for collecting, storing and analyzing log event data. "SenS... (more)

MySQL Hires The Brains Behind Firebird

MySQL has hired Jim Starkey, creator of the InterBase database, which later became the popular open-source Firebird database,in addition to scooping up Starkey's one-man Firebird-based company, Netfrastructure. Starkey posted a letter to the Firebird community advising them of the news on Feb. 18. In the letter, Starkey said that he will be working full-time for MySQL, perhaps occasionally contributing input to Firebird development, but no longer taking an active role. Starkey's wife, Ann Harrison, one of the primary Firebird developers, will work for MySQL part-time, but she will ... (more)

SenSage to Participate in McAfee Sales Teaming Program

SenSage has announced it has been chosen by McAfee to participate in the new McAfee Sales Teaming Program. This invitation-only program is an expansion of the McAfee Security Innovation Alliance and provides SIA partners with a more proactive and mutually rewarding selling model. Under the program, SenSage and McAfee will work together to promote the joint solution. SenSage delivers scalable and customizable solutions built on a log data storage and analysis platform. The company has created event data warehouse software solutions, which are optimized for querying and correlation ... (more)