Free SQL Server Compliance Benchmark Tool vs Omega DB Scanner Standalone

Free SQL Server Compliance Benchmark Tool assesses SQL Server security and configuration against established best practices. It covers on-premises SQL Server installations and Azure SQL Managed Instances, with more than 80 checks across platform configuration, surface area reduction, authentication, encryption, and auditing. The tool can generate a SQL Server Security Compliance Benchmark output in PDF format. It uses core capabilities of the XIA Configuration compliance benchmarking platform and offers a trial of SQL Server documentation functionality found in XIA Configuration Express. The tool is free; requesting it requires a full name and business email address. CENTREL, the company behind the tool, is headquartered in Oxford, United Kingdom, and was founded in 2008. CENTREL says its technical support staff are based in the UK and that remote support requires the customer's explicit consent, using tools such as TeamViewer and Microsoft Teams. The stated deployment is hybrid, and cloud databases and compliance templates are listed as supported.

Omega DB Scanner Standalone is a Windows tool for auditing Oracle database security and assessing vulnerabilities. Its more than 250 controls cover privileges, audit settings, authentication, user profiles, security-related system parameters, backup and availability, and general security. The scanner works without an agent and accesses the database in read-only mode. You can tailor settings to a target environment, make exceptions for individual controls, scan the whole database, rerun selected items, or run a single vulnerability scan. Results can be compared with a baseline, saved or loaded in XML, and exported to XLS. The tool integrates with Splunk SIEM. Its free standalone edition runs on your PC and can also operate from a USB drive. Listed support covers Oracle Database 10g R1/R2, 11g R1/R2, and 12c with traditional auditing only. The product is intended for organizations implementing information security standards, industry practices, and internal controls. A download is offered after completing a form.