New database forensics tool could aid data breach cases

A new database forensics tool being developed by database security guru David Litchfield could help data breach investigators build evidence against attackers.

Litchfield, managing director at NGS (Next Generation Security) Software . plans to release the Forensic Examiners Database Scalpel. The new tool is designed for Oracle database management systems and automates the process of sifting through mountains of system metadata to discover the cause and extent of a data security breach.

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