Mary Ann Davidson is the chief security officer at Oracle, and is responsible for security evaluations, assessments, and incident handling. She represents Oracle on the Board of Directors of the Information Technology Information Security Analysis Center (IT-ISAC), and is on the editorial review board of the Secure Business Quarterly. Ms. Davidson has a B.S.M.E. from the University of Virginia and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. She has also served as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Navy Civil Engineer Corps, where she was awarded the Navy Achievement Medal.
A recent report from PricewaterhouseCoopers confirmed that most security
breaches occur in stored data. Exponential growth in storage capacity,
coupled with emerging regulatory requirements, has led to an even greater
increase in storage network vulnerabilities. Today, organizations are forced
to recognize the critical importance of securing all types of data - from
corporate confidential documents to enterprise instant messages to global
personnel records. To meet these challenges, organizations must deploy a
smarter, more cost-effective approach to security and veer from the prevalent
method of developing and implementing patches only after problems are
discovered. This article outlines a step-by-step process for organizations to
use as they evaluate technology produc... (more)
Mary Ann Davidson is the chief security officer at Oracle, and is responsible for security evaluations, assessments, and incident handling. She represents Oracle on the Board of Directors of the Information Technology Information Security Analysis Center (IT-ISAC), and is on the editorial review board of the Secure Business Quarterly. Ms. Davidson has a B.S.M.E. from the University of Virginia and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. She has also served as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Navy Civil Engineer Corps, where she was awarded the Navy Achievement Medal.
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