Database Security Suffers From Leadership Gap If there’s one sure thing about database security, it’s that most organizations are unsure about who exactly is in charge of protecting their data stores. As Jon Oltsik of Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) puts it, the critical task of hardening databases and monitoring access to their information is quite often hampered by “too many cooks in the kitchen.” According to a survey of 175 IT decision-makers polled by ESG, nearly a quarter of them reported that a lack of inter-departmental cooperation was one of the greatest risks to their database security






