Modern DAM: Scalable, Agile, Simplified, and Free from Legacy DAM Limitations
Modernizing Data Activity Monitoring for Hybrid Cloud Adoption
Cloud transformation: migrating on-premise databases to modern cloud data platforms is a strategic priority for organizations seeking speed, scale, agility, and AI adoption.
However, legacy database activity monitoring (DAM) tools hinder this transformation with ever-increasing reliance on collectors and aggregators, adding complexity, cost, and operational overhead, ultimately slowing adoption and limiting the full potential of cloud platforms.
Modern DAM delivers seamless scalability, proactive security, and simplified compliance. Its modern zero-collector architecture and advanced monitoring and remediation capabilities eliminate legacy limitations, enabling businesses to maximize the value of their cloud investments while safeguarding sensitive data.
Modern DAM streamlines security operations, effortlessly scaling to support thousands of cloud data platforms, all with ZERO collectors or aggregators. This modern approach slashes OPEX and TCO by up to 70%.
Proven in action, it has successfully replaced legacy DAM solutions, securing hundreds of cloud data platforms in just 12 weeks!
Why replace Legacy DAM to a Modern DAM now?
Legacy DAM tools were built decades ago for a limited set of on-premises SQL databases, relying on database agents. Deploying these outdated tools in the cloud introduces major challenges in cost, scalability, complexity, and operations.
Their fundamental flaw lies in a passive architecture, relying on cluttered native database logs they once deemed unsuitable for on-premise environments. Instead of enforcing real-time security for privileged users across dynamic cloud data platforms, they merely collect, aggregate, and parse logs after the fact.
This reactive approach fails to block malicious activity by insiders or hackers before damage occurs. Meanwhile, cloud teams grapple with soaring costs and operational overhead to deploy and maintain an ever-growing network of collectors and aggregators, sifting through fragmented, terabyte-scale logs spread across diverse cloud platforms.
The Modern DAM Advantage
Modern DAM leverages lightweight Enforcers, eliminating reliance on cluttered native logs, to transparently monitor and secure all privileged activity across cloud data platforms and on-premise databases.
Key benefits include:
- Cloud-Scale and Agility: Seamlessly supports expanding Cloud data platforms and on-premise databases without adding operational complexity.
- Unified User Activity Context: Delivers real-time visibility across hybrid environments.
- SOX Reporting: Automates compliance reporting without the need for excessive log aggregation.
- Real-Time Activity Monitoring, UBA and Alerts: Tracks user actions and analyzes behavior patterns to detect anomalies, flag risky activity, and prevent unauthorized access—stopping threats before damage occurs.
- Access Brokering for ZSP (Zero Standing Privileges): Applying SSO and MFA for compliant and unified identity management with just-in-time access while removing all named user accounts.
- Actionable Remediation: Offers blocking, access control, dynamic masking, FPE encryption and tokenization, and de-identification to secure sensitive data in hybrid Cloud.
Business benefits of replacing legacy DAM with Modern DAM
- Remove Cloud transformation and AI adoption roadblocks with Cloud-native DAM
- Cost Savings with zero-collector, zero-aggregator deployment, eliminating complexity and reducing TCO.
- Enhanced Security through de-identification, fine-grained access control, encryption, tokenization and masking.
- Operational Efficiency by consolidating fragmented tools and saving FTEs with streamlined management and automation.
- Enhanced Compliance: Meet regulatory requirements seamlessly across environments.
- Improved Efficiency: Streamline operations and accelerate business initiatives, such as AI and marketing campaigns.
SecuPi vs. Legacy DAM
| Feature | SecuPi Modern DAM | Legacy DAM Tools |
|---|---|---|
| Capability | Proactive and Comprehensive within one overarching holistic platform, including: • SOX reporting • UEBA • Dynamic masking • Privilege access brokering • Format-preserving encryption • Blocking • Tokenization • Fine-grained access control | Reactive: • SOX reporting • UEBA with no real-time remediation |
| Deployment | Zero-collectors/aggregators needed. Operations with lightweight Enforcers on privileged users' consumption points supporting all Cloud data platforms and on-premise databases. SecuPi supports any K8s in use. | Complex: Dozens of Collectors and Aggregators for processing Terabytes of cluttered native logs. Requires expertise on OpenShift K8s. |
| FTE | Between 0.5 – 2* | Between 5 – 20* |
| Adoption | Fast: about 12 weeks to secure hundreds of cloud platforms* | Slow: 6-12 months implementation and high overhead* |
| Cost | Up to 70% saving* | High TCO* |
| *For a Fortune 500 company |
How to configure agentless and zero-code Enforcers on applications and tools
- Install the SecuPi Management Server (SMS): either on Kubernetes cluster in your cloud (EKS/AKS/GKE/Native K8S) or on-premises. This SMS establishes connectivity with various attribute sources, including but not limited to LDAP, Azure AD, and data catalogs such as Collibra, BigID, Azure Purview as well as product catalogs.
- Deploy SecuPi Enforcers: Download and configure the SecuPi Enforcers on the respective consumption points.
- Move legacy DAM policies into SecuPi Modern DAM while adding remediation, de-identification and access control policies tailored to your organization’s specific security and compliance requirements, providing the necessary level of data protection at-rest and in-use.
Take Action: Modernize Your DAM Strategy Today
SOX reporting and sensitive data is a high-value target and a significant organizational risk. Take the first step toward comprehensive remediation with SecuPi’s Modern DAM.
Schedule a consultation with our team to discuss how we can help you:
- Analyze cost and FTE for maintaining legacy DAM for Cloud and on-premises
- Test drive a modern overarching DSP
- Achieve compliance with ease