Since the beginning of database adoption in the 70s, DBAs have been confronted with a variety of database management challenges, the most significant of which is perhaps the risk of developers making changes to the core library in their daily development tasks. SQL development
Since data changes to databases are a very common task, almost all developers will be involved in modifying the structure and data content of the core database, which can lead to a series of serious problems if the enterprise lacks an effective data security plan, such as:
Delete the library and run awayThere is no worse situation, there are several actual incidents that the author knows, such as the employee of a large real estate agency, logging in to the financial system to delete all financial data, which directly affects the salary payment of the company's personnel;Another example is a cloud business marketing solution group enterprise, the entire database was deleted, resulting in hundreds of millions of losses for the group. The list goes on and on, and no one can ** what will happen tomorrow, and if there are no perfect countermeasures, disaster can befall.
Data breachesIf the company is my home, then there is no doubt that business data is the treasury of my home, because it contains a lot of sensitive information, such as customers' personally identifiable information, financial data, trade secrets, etc. If there is no data security plan, it is undoubtedly my door is often open (refer to Sony's annual data breach incident), once a data breach, it is not only the company that suffers, the customer is enough to drink a pot, and the resulting legal responsibility and reputation problems are not all enterprises can bear.
Therefore, before the changes to SQL are actually applied to the database, the audit of SQL becomes a critical task to ensure that changes to the database structure and data are reasonable, secure, and compliant.
Here is a database management tool recommended to everyone:NineData SQL task.
It is an effective solution for reviewing SQL changes, providing a series of complete specifications and approval processes, and setting up layers of checkpoints for each change SQL, including system pre-checks based on intelligent algorithms and SQL development specifications, as well as multi-level approval functions.
More than 100 pre-made SQL audit specifications
The NineData platform provides complete database and table structure definition specifications and index specifications to help all developers in the enterprise standardize the use and change of databases.
Scheduled SQL statements are automatically executed
SQL tasks allow users to automate a series of database change tasks by scheduling SQL operations to be executed. Helps to increase efficiency, especially for repetitive, planned tasks.
Enterprises collaborate on data changes
Through the approval process and permission management, different team members can submit, approve, and execute SQL tasks in an orderly manner to ensure that changes are carried out in an orderly manner and avoid conflicts and errors.
SQL permission verification
SQL tasks have a permission verification mechanism, so that only users with sufficient permissions can submit and execute SQL tasks, preventing unauthorized operations and strengthening access control to databases.
Approval process linkage
The SQL Tasks feature integrates with the approval process to ensure step-by-step approval for the submission and execution of SQL tasks. This interconnected approval process provides an extra layer of security in change management and ensures change traceability.
Automatic data backup
Before you make a change to the target data source through an SQL task, the system automatically backs up the data that is about to be changed and retains it for 7 days, during which you can back up and restore the data to the state before the change at any time, which is equivalent to providing a security barrier for your data without fear of data security issues.
Fill in the rollback plan
With the continuous improvement of data security and compliance requirements of enterprises, data rollback plans have become indispensable, so we provide a rollback SQL entry entry, which will be permanently recorded in the current SQL task, and you can view and roll back data at any time when data problems occur.
Step 1: Disable the SQL window change capability of the production database
After closing, try to execute the change statement in the SQL window, but the statement is intercepted and cannot be executed.
Step 2: Publish the changes through the SQL task.
To demonstrate the overall flow of SQL tasks, single-level approval is configured in the screen recording. You can flexibly configure the approval process based on your actual needs, requiring SQL tasks to pass multiple levels of approval before they are executed, ensuring that each change is properly reviewed and authorized.
Step 3: Approve the SQL task
Here, depending on the actual situation, the request can be rejected or changed by SQL.
Since the introduction of NineData, several positive changes have taken place.
First of all, the most obvious change, due to the pre-audit mechanism of SQL tasks, let me, the former back-to-back man, completely liberate, due to the potential risks that may be brought about by database changes, I am stressed all day long, young and old, and now my hair is not falling out, people are also energetic, and self-confidence is back. Not long ago, a rookie programmer in our company was unfamiliar with the business, in order to add a field to the table, his operation was actually to drop the original table, but fortunately the SQL task was stopped, otherwise, my DBA would have been covered and left.
Then there's the multi-level approval mechanism for NineData SQL tasks, which brings more efficient collaboration to our team. Previously, the lack of clarity on responsibility for changing SQL often led to miscommunication and confusing approval processes. Now, not only is the approval process more transparent and accurate, but it's also more efficient for teams to collaborate. Stakeholders also have a clearer picture of what each SQL change is, reducing misunderstandings and errors.
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