Editor’s Note: The following is an article written for and published in DZone’s 2025 Trend Report, Database Systems: Fusing Transactional Speed and Analytical Insight in Modern Data Ecosystems.
Modern databases face a fundamental paradox: They have never been more accessible, yet they have never been more vulnerable. Cloud-native architectures, distributed systems, and remote workforces have modified the dynamics of traditional network perimeters, and the usual security approaches have become obsolete. A database sitting behind a firewall is no longer safe. Breaches can increasingly come from compromised credentials, misconfigured APIs, and insider threats rather than external network attacks.
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