Mike Frank
Product Management Director
Over the past 20 years, Mike has helped organizations formulate and implement complex new products and strategies. His background spans databases, development, tools, packaging, security, and backup. He's brought well over 15 new to market products. At Oracle MySQL he's been instrumental in working on various database features, development tools, backup and recovery, software repos, and security. As a founder and VP of Products at Gazzang (acq. by Cloudera) he brought to market Linux TDE and a SaaS key management products. As a co-founder and head of products at Idera he brought to market 5 database management products including SQL Secure, SQL Compliance Manager, and SQLsafe. At PentaSafe/NetIQ, as Product Author and Product Line Manager, he created a line of products for Security and Risk assessment of Linux and Web Servers. Mikes experience spans databases, operating systems, security, e-business, and trading systems.
Recent Blogs
Enabling FIPS Mode - MySQL Server, Linux, OpenSSH, and OpenSSL 3
Ensuring FIPS compliance is crucial for securing sensitive data and meeting compliance objectives. For those of you unfamiliar with the term, FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standards) are a set of standards and guidelines issued by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for use in federal computer systems. This blog provides a step-by-step guide to enabling FIPS mode on Oracle Linux 9 with MySQL, covering essential configurations for OpenSSL, SSH, and MySQL itself.
Meeting NIS2 Challenges with MySQL Enterprise Edition
The NIS2 Directive strengthens EU cybersecurity standards by expanding sector coverage and imposing stricter requirements. This document outlines how MySQL Enterprise Edition can help organizations meet these demands, focusing on key areas for securing MySQL database servers within the NIS2 framework.
A Deep Dive into OpenSSL, FIPS, and MySQL
FIPS compliance is crucial for numerous MySQL deployments, especially within government agencies and organizations subject to regulatory mandates. The alignment of FIPS 140-3 with ISO/IEC 19790 broadens the applicability of these requirements. This blog clarifies the relationship between FIPS, OpenSSL, and MySQL.
MySQL January 2025 GA Releases Now Available
MySQL January 2025 GA Releases Now Available
How MySQL Enterprise Edition Can Help Your Organization Achieve DORA ...
The financial services industry is facing a new regulation: the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA). One of the key requirements of DORA is that financial institutions must have a robust riskmanagement framework in place. This framework must identify, assess, and mitigate ICT risks. MySQL Enterprise Edition can help organizations achieve DORA compliance byproviding a number of features that can help to identify, assess, and mitigate ICT risks.