GRC Roll-up: Oracle Database 11g Secured by Agiliance, Google Tracks Hacked Websites

By David Roe (@druadh20) Dec 22, 2010

It’s the last GRC Roll-up of the year and it's full of news. Agiliance has just announced the interoperability between its GRC platform and Oracle’s Database 11g, Google tracks websites that have been hacked, we look at e-Discovery predictions for 2011 and a release from BWise. Finally, Intel and McAfee get thumbs up from the US but there could be problems with the EU.

Oracle and Agiliance Integrate

GRC vendor Agiliance has just announced the interoperability of Agiliance RiskVision with Oracle Database 11g. The integration of Oracle (news, site) Database 11g as an underlying database for Agiliance’s RiskVision software allows for monitoring of assets and policies for users.

RiskVision uses Oracle’s built-in security features to offer assurance levels required by government agencies, banking and financial services organizations before deployment.

By introducing RiskVision 5 for Oracle, Agiliance offers two database choices for its GRC platform. Agiliance private and public sector customers already enjoy the benefits of Agiliance’s highly scalable GRC platform.

Agiliance says its RiskVision deployments are currently performing over two billion technical checks daily for customers across thousands of enterprises in both the public and private sector. For enterprises using Oracle Database and looking to implement compliance, risk and threat monitoring, check out the Agiliance platform here.

Google Tracks Hacked Websites

We just couldn’t leave the GRC year alone without one last shot from Google. In its Webmaster Central blog this week it announced that it has added a new notification to its search results that helps people know when a site may have been hacked.

For years, Google says, they’ve provided notices for malware which also involve a separate warning page.

Now they’re expanding the search results notifications to help people avoid sites that may have been compromised and altered by a third party.

When a user visits a site, Google says it aims to reassure them that the information on that site comes from the original publisher.

Clicking the “This site may be compromised” link brings you to an article in its Help Center which explains more about the notice. Meanwhile, clicking the result itself brings you to the target website, as expected.

For site owners, if you see the notification appearing on your site’s listing, Google says to simply follow the instructions behind the link. It’s a small thing, but a good thing.

BWise Upgrades GRC Platform

Meanwhile, GRC vendor BWise (news, site) has just released the latest version of its Enterprise GRC platform. With its 4.1.2 release, BWise enables customers to better understand and manage their risks, including compliance risk while at the same time run their risk management and compliance processes as normal business processes.

With v 4.1.2, BWise has taken its process based integration to new levels. In designing its new workflow, BWise said it aimed to integrate workflows into other governance, risk and compliance structures.