Webinar Description
Key Takeaways
- Examines why traditional Database Activity Monitoring (DAM) solutions, native logs and SIEM often fail to prevent database breaches
- Addresses insider threats, excessive access privileges and the challenge of mapping sensitive data across database infrastructure
- Compares legacy approaches with modern agentless DAM methods that use context, automation and real-time remediation
- Aimed at security professionals, database administrators and IT leaders in mid-to-large enterprises
- Led by Terry Ray, VP of Product Strategy at Varonis
About the Webinar
Murder on the DAM Floor: Solving the Mystery of Modern Database Security is a virtual webinar hosted by Varonis that investigates the shortcomings of conventional database security practices. Using a detective theme as its framing device, the session explores why organisations continue to experience database breaches despite deploying monitoring tools and audit processes.
Terry Ray, VP of Product Strategy at Varonis, leads the presentation. The webinar combines educational content explaining modern database security principles with a demonstration of Varonis DAM capabilities, including early access to new features.
Legacy DAM Limitations
The webinar examines several weaknesses in traditional database security approaches. Native database logs, SIEM integrations and manual governance processes often produce disconnected audit trails that make it difficult to reconstruct events or identify threats in progress. Organisations frequently struggle with excessive database access permissions that accumulate over time, creating opportunities for both external attackers and malicious insiders.
Unmapped sensitive data presents another challenge. When security teams cannot identify where regulated or confidential information resides, they cannot apply appropriate controls. The session addresses how fragmented reporting across multiple tools delays detection and response, allowing attacks to succeed before defenders can intervene.
Modern Database Security Approaches
The webinar advocates for agentless DAM solutions that consolidate visibility into a single connected view rather than requiring analysts to correlate data from multiple disconnected sources. Key capabilities discussed include context-driven security analytics that help distinguish normal database activity from potential threats, automated remediation that can intervene while queries execute rather than after damage occurs, and continuous oversight of privileged users who pose elevated risk.
Who Should Attend
This webinar is designed for security analysts, security engineers, database administrators, IT managers and CISOs responsible for protecting database infrastructure. Organisations in regulated industries such as finance and healthcare, where sensitive data protection requirements are stringent, will find the content particularly relevant. The session suits professionals evaluating their current DAM capabilities or considering alternatives to legacy monitoring approaches.