Data warehousing and enterprise analytics firm Teradata has formed a new Information Security Center of Excellence (InfoSec COE), which will assist customers to manage the increased risk associated with the growth in sensitive data, exploding data volumes and privacy compliance requirements.
According to Teradata, the InfoSec COE offers a spectrum of data security and privacy consulting services including in-database encryption of sensitive data; integration with centralised directory services for user authentication and access control; operating system level server hardening; risk and regulatory compliance assessments; and semantic layer security controls at the row and column level.
The scope of the consulting services extends beyond its platform to include network connectivity, directory services, firewall configurations, identity management, user provisioning, segregation of duties, tamper-proof audit trail and centralised log consolidation, the company said.
Teradata said that the InfoSec COE team is comprised of certified security consultants with expertise in security policy and compliance, privacy, security strategy, policy and design.
Robert Cromer, vice president of professional services at Teradata, said: There is growing awareness among customers that they must stay ahead of the risks. The Teradata InfoSec COE makes getting started easy and the payback is tangible. A comprehensive, holistic, layered approach to security is essential today with the relentless blurring of network boundaries between business partners.”
