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What’s New in 9.1: Voltage SecureData Integration

Gary Gray, Principal Information Developer
June 6, 2018

Vertica Version 9.1 introduces a new integration with Voltage SecureData. This feature lets you use encryption to protect sensitive data within your Vertica database. It works within your existing database schema and clients. You can even automate data decryption. This automation makes decryption transparent and removes the need to change your existing SQL queries. What...

UPDATE: Vertica Test Results with Microcode Patches for the Meltdown and Spectre Security Flaws

Soniya Shah, Information Developer
May 21, 2018

This blog post was authored by Michael Leuchtenburg. Introduction Vertica engineers tested database performance with and without Meltdown and Spectre mitigations on both Haswell and Skylake microprocessors. As compared to no mitigation, with the fastest settings, we found a minimal, average 1% slowdown on Haswell, and an average 25% slowdown on Skylake. These results are...

What’s New in Vertica 9.1?

Soniya Shah, Information Developer
April 30, 2018

This blog post was authored by Soniya Shah. In Vertica 9.1 we introduce new functionality including: • Eon Mode, now available in production environments • Machine Learning Enhancements • Management Console Updates • Voltage SecureData Integration • Python UDTF • AWS Licensing Updates • Security Updates • Upgrade and Installation Changes • S3 Session Parameter...
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Dynamic Row and Column Access Policies

Soniya Shah, Information Developer
April 3, 2018

This blog post was authored by Serge Bonte. Vertica’s row and column access policies can be used to provide extra security on data in your tables. These policies are well covered in Best Practices for Creating Access Policies in Vertica and Dynamic Row and Column Access Policies. In this blog, we will explore how dynamic...

Monitoring Login Failures

Soniya Shah, Information Developer
March 12, 2018

This blog post was authored by Curtis Bennett. Security is an ever-present topic on the minds of database administrators. Certainly Vertica has a number of security features like Kerberos, and SSL. This blog isn’t about those! Instead, let’s take a look at a much more simplistic aspect of security which Vertica tracks – login failures....

Classified: FAQs on Access Policies

Sarah Lemaire, Manager, Vertica Documentation
May 2, 2016

In Vertica 7.2.2 we?ve added more security features, including a row-level access policy option. Combined with our previously existing column access policy, Vertica verifies that your data is more secure than ever.

User Security Auditing in Vertica

HPBigData_BP
March 9, 2016

Are you a database administer who manages users and roles in your Vertica database? Do you need to keep track of who has permission to access certain database objects? If so, here's a quick guide to queries that help you review the users, roles, privileges, and permissions that you have configured in your database. These...

Data-Centric Security: Vertica and SecureData

BD_Partner_Eng
December 3, 2015

Take advantage of the recent integration of Vertica and SecureData. This integration allows you to keep your data protected when it flows across multiple systems spread across multiple data centers on premise or in the cloud.

Kerberos Authentication for Hadoop Integration: Keeping your data safe

Sarah Lemaire, Manager, Vertica Documentation
August 27, 2015

Like all Vertica releases, 7.1.2 includes a bunch of new features. One specific feature can help make your HDFS data safer: Kerberos integration for Hadoop. This blog will give you an overview of using Kerberos authentication with Vertica for SQL on Hadoop.

For Your Eyes Only: Using Vertica Access Policies

Sarah Lemaire, Manager, Vertica Documentation
April 8, 2015

Everyone knows there?s virtually no limit to the amount of data you can store, manage, and query in Vertica. But you may not be aware of how easy it is to control who sees what in your database. In this blog, Alexey Kireyev, the lead security developer for Vertica, explains how you can use the...