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What is P-NAP?

P-NAP is PNPSECURE’s adaptive database security platform that protects both RDBMS and NoSQL systems through a hybrid-engine architecture.
It applies the DB Proxy Engine, NoSQL Proxy Engine, and DB Client Tool Integration Engine selectively, enabling precise and rapid access control across more than 50 database types.

Why do organizations need P-NAP today?

The adoption of NoSQL and new DBMS types is growing faster than traditional security products can support.
This leads to:

  • Unsupported new databases
  • Delayed protocol analysis
  • Increased security gaps
  • Regulatory compliance failures

P-NAP removes these issues by delivering universal compatibility and fast adaptation, regardless of DBMS type.

What major problems does P-NAP solve?

P-NAP addresses:

  • Slow security vendor response to new databases
  • Lack of NoSQL protocol standardization
  • Inconsistent security across different DB types
  • Limited scalability in large enterprises
  • Risk of sensitive data exposure in cloud-native architectures

It enables consistent, centralized, and precise access control across all databases.

How does P-NAP’s hybrid-engine architecture work?

1) DB Proxy Engine (Precision)

  • Performs DBMS-specific protocol analysis
  • Strong command-level control
  • Stable for mission-critical RDBMS

2) NoSQL Proxy Engine (Speed & Universality)

  • Works without relying on DB protocols
  • Rapid deployment
  • Supports high-speed NoSQL workloads

3) DB Client Tool Integration Engine (Scalability)

  • Supports all RDBMS and NoSQL with standard DB client tools
  • Fastest adaptation to newly introduced DBMS
  • No protocol analysis required

This selective-engine architecture ensures precision + speed + scalability.

Which databases does P-NAP support?

P-NAP supports 50+ DBMS, including:

RDBMS: Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, Tibero, DB2, EDB, MariaDB, Netezza, etc.
NoSQL/Big Data: MongoDB, DynamoDB, Elasticsearch, Redis, Cassandra, Snowflake, BigQuery, Couchbase, HBase, Trino, Presto, OpenSearch, etc.

It has the largest database compatibility portfolio in Korea.

How does P-NAP improve database security?

P-NAP delivers comprehensive protection:

  • User authentication and access control
  • Command/result-level monitoring
  • Pattern masking and result masking
  • Before/after-value DML management
  • Personal data detection & tagging
  • Unified audit logs
  • Approval workflow automation

This enables enterprise-grade database governance.

Does P-NAP support cloud, hybrid cloud, and multi-cloud environments?

Yes.
P-NAP is optimized for:

  • AWS
  • Azure
  • GCP
  • Naver Cloud
  • KT Cloud
  • Hybrid cloud
  • Multi-cloud
  • Kubernetes & cloud-native databases

It ensures on-premises-level access control in cloud environments.

How does P-NAP support fast adoption of new databases?

Traditional DB security requires months of protocol analysis.
P-NAP dramatically reduces this by:

  • Using multiple engines, not a single method
  • Allowing instant support via DB client tools
  • Tuning NoSQL via signature-based control

This enables rapid onboarding of new DBMS.

How was P-NAP created?

As enterprises expanded into big data, AI, and NoSQL environments, traditional RDBMS-oriented security tools became insufficient.
PNPSECURE created P-NAP to:

  • Support heterogeneous DB environments
  • Provide adaptive security without protocol dependency
  • Scale across cloud-native architectures

It was built to solve the next-generation database security problem.

What are the business benefits of adopting P-NAP?

P-NAP allows enterprises to:

  • Standardize access control across all databases
  • Reduce integration effort and response time
  • Improve compliance posture
  • Increase operational efficiency
  • Scale security as database types rapidly grow

It is a future-proof adaptive database security platform.