This is part 2 of a Cassandra Cluster Tutorial series. Part 1 used Vagrant to setup a local Cassandra Cluster and installs Cassandra on boxes.  Part 2 installs Cassandra Database SSL support and confi...

There are two types of security in Apache Cassandra and Datastax enterprise.Internal Authentication Authorization In this tutorial, you will learn, What is Internal Authentication and Authorization Co...

One topic that commonly comes up when discussing Apache Cassandra with large enterprise clients is whether Cassandra can match feature X (audit logging, encryption at rest, column level security, etc)...

Simple tips for securing Cassandra There has been a lot of news lately around insecurity in NoSQL databases – Cassandra, Elastic, Mongo etc.. so I thought it would a good idea to writ...

Data security is a major concern and is given top priority in every organization. Securing sensitive data and keeping it out of hands from those who should not have access is challenging even in tradi...

Vormetric, an enterprise data security solutions provider has announced a partnership with DataStax, the company behind Apache Cassandra, to enhance the enterprise-class security features in the platf...

I see companies start down their Big Data/NoSQL journey with a Proof of Concept mindset and they almost always end up funding a science project by confusing early wins on established products with pro...

As an enterprise level NoSQL database software, Apache Cassandra provides many out-of-the-box security features that fall into the following categories:Cassandra Authentication Cassandra Authorization...