This capability, according to Google, is a result of several enterprises demanding support for monitoring self-managed databases to gain full oversight of all their deployed databases.
“This holistic visibility helps identify critical security vulnerabilities, improve security posture, and simplify compliance,” said Charlie Dai, VP and principal analyst at Forrester.
These security vulnerabilities could include outdated minor versions, broad IP access range, having databases without a root password, and having databases that don’t have auditing enabled, Google executives wrote in a blog post.
