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10 Best Practices to Secure PostgreSQL AWS RDS/Aurora

Datavail

Managing Security Groups: VPC security group are like firewall at the subnet level which controls access to DB instances in VPC. Tools like PSQL client or pgAdmin should be installed on bastion hosts for Administrative needs for the database administrators. Public IP is not assigned to RDS instances.

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Understanding Database Security

Datavail

Keeping our database safe and secure is one of the most important tasks for any database administrator. Having proper power backups. Database and backup encryption. Managing database access strictly. Setting Network Firewall and Web Application Firewall in place. Regular security audits.

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Keeping Your Data Secure and Resilient with MariaDB

Datavail

Firewall Plugin: Use this flexible and robust firewall to stop queries using a rule-based system. MariaDB Enterprise Backup: This backup option allows you to leverage full and incremental backups to restore individual tables and full databases.

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The Ballad of Bart

The Daily WTF

Bart knew how to do everything from desktop support to software development to database administration to IT security. When Bart worked his way up to server support, he 'fixed' an Exchange issue by restoring a backup into production without warning because "It worked when the backup was taken."

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Infrastructure Engineer: Key Duties, Skills, and Background

Altexsoft

Companies often take infrastructure engineers for sysadmins, network designers, or database administrators. They also design and implement a detailed disaster recovery plan to ensure that all infrastructure elements (data and systems) have efficient backup solutions. Infrastructure is quite a broad and abstract concept.