Assess your database security across access control, encryption, audit logging, network isolation, vulnerability management, and UK GDPR compliance.
This 52-point security checklist helps you evaluate your database security posture comprehensively. Cover access control and authentication, encryption and data protection, audit logging and monitoring, network security and isolation, vulnerability management, and compliance with UK GDPR data governance requirements. Each section includes scoring to identify security gaps that need urgent attention.
Database administrators, security teams, compliance officers, and IT managers responsible for protecting sensitive data stored in databases.
Core measures include enforcing least-privilege access controls so users only see the data they need, enabling multi-factor authentication for administrative accounts, encrypting data at rest and in transit, and maintaining audit logs of who accessed or changed what. Network isolation, keeping databases off the public internet, is equally important.
UK GDPR does not mandate encryption by name, but it does require appropriate technical measures to protect personal data, and encryption at rest and in transit is widely regarded as a baseline expectation for any database holding customer or employee information. Failing to encrypt sensitive data can weigh against you if a breach occurs.
Audit logging records who accessed or modified data and when, which is essential both for detecting suspicious activity and for demonstrating compliance during a regulatory investigation or client security review. Logs should be stored separately from the database itself so an attacker cannot easily tamper with or delete them.
Yes, this 52-point checklist includes a dedicated section on UK GDPR compliance and data governance alongside access control, encryption, audit logging, network isolation, and vulnerability management assessments.
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