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March 25, 2024
Best Practices for Database Security
Anyone working with databases knows that data is the driving force behind every online activity, and data security is always [...]
March 18, 2024
Percona XtraBackup 8.0.28 Supports Encrypted Table Backups with AWS KMS
Percona XtraBackup (PXB) version 8.0.28 supports taking backups for the encrypted tables in your MySQL database using the AWS Key [...]
February 21, 2024
Securing Percona Everest with Ingress and Cert-Manager
According to CNCF surveys, security is always among the top concerns for Kubernetes practitioners and platform engineers. Percona Everest — an [...]
February 6, 2024
Are Your MySQL Users Using ‘password’ or ‘thebossisajerk’ as Passwords?
Are your MySQL users using ‘password’, ‘s3cr3t’, or ‘thebossisajerk’ as their passwords? Easy-to-guess passwords can be disastrous to the security [...]
February 2, 2024
What is Transparent Data Encryption (TDE)? The Ultimate Guide
This blog was originally published in December of 2022 and updated in February of 2024. Encrypting data at rest in [...]
January 5, 2024
Configuring Keyring for Encryption Using AWS Key Management Service in Percona Server for MySQL
The AWS KMS component is now available in Percona Server for MySQL starting from version 8.0.30. This addition enables data-at-rest [...]
January 4, 2024
MySQL General Tablespaces: A Powerful Storage Option for Your Data
Managing storage and performance efficiently in your MySQL database is crucial, and general tablespaces offer flexibility in achieving this. This [...]
January 2, 2024
Audit DROP Statements in Percona Server for MySQL
Managing database servers involves different aspects, among which security is critical. We know that we should always grant the minimal [...]
August 24, 2023
Automated Percona Monitoring and Management Upgrades
Welcome to our guide on keeping your Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM) Server and Client up-to-date. In this blog post, [...]
August 10, 2023
MySQL 8.0.34 Improved Password Management by Defining the Change Characters Count
MySQL 8.0.34 brings us a new password validation parameter. Using this, we can control the minimum number of characters in [...]
August 1, 2023
MongoDB Security: Top Security Concerns and Best Practices
This blog was originally published on August 10, 2020, and was updated on August 1, 2023. “I think most of [...]
July 3, 2023
PMM Is Getting a Modernized Enterprise-Grade Foundation
With Enterprise Linux 7 nearing its end-of-life date, the Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM) team has done a significant update [...]
June 28, 2023
Public Schema Security Upgrade in PostgreSQL 15
In the Postgres database, the application data can be organized in various ways using Postgres schemas. In the Postgres database [...]
June 5, 2023
PMM Authentication Bypass Vulnerability Fixed in 2.37.1
On May 30, Percona was notified of a possible vulnerability in Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM). After researching the report, [...]
May 2, 2023
How To Use pt-secure-collect for Capturing Data in a Secure Way From the OS and Database System
Sometimes crucial data sharing is avoided because of compliance rules, organizational policies, or numerous security concerns. The common use cases [...]
April 28, 2023
Add More Security to Your Percona Server for MongoDB With AWS IAM integration!
Did you notice that Percona Server for MongoDB 6.0.5-4 was released just a few days ago? This time around, it [...]
April 24, 2023
How to Persist a Hashed Format Password Inside ProxySQL
In this blog post, we will see how to persist the password inside the ProxySQL mysql_users table in hashed format [...]
April 20, 2023
Using Encryption-at-Rest for PostgreSQL in Kubernetes
Data-at-rest encryption is essential for compliance with regulations that require the protection of sensitive data. Encryption can help organizations comply [...]
March 21, 2023
Increase the Ability to Securely Replicate Your Data and Restrict Replication To Row-based Events in MySQL
In this blog, I’ll discuss the use case for replication. We want to improve our ability to replicate your data [...]
February 20, 2023
Feedback Wanted: Making EXPLAIN Require Less Privileges for INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE Statements
Introduction/TLDR: We are considering changing EXPLAIN in Percona Server for MySQL to require less privileges for providing execution plans for [...]