Case Study: Xceedium achieves resilient, high-performance GateKeeper security appliances with MySQL Embedded Server

Xceedium Relies on MySQL Embedded Server’s Resilience and Performance for Its High-Risk User Security Appliance

Xceedium provides the GateKeeper line of hardened appliances that control and audit “high‑risk” users—IT administrators, contractors and vendors—by compartmentalizing access, preventing lateral movement, and recording detailed session activity to meet strict compliance and security needs. Because GateKeeper continuously generates, analyzes and reports large volumes of sensitive activity data and is deployed in hostile environments (including live combat zones), Xceedium needed an embedded database with top-tier read/write performance, resilience to unclean shutdowns, and minimal administration.

After testing MySQL, PostgreSQL and SQLite, Xceedium selected MySQL Embedded Server for its superior out‑of‑the‑box read/write performance, proven self‑repair after crashes, pluggable storage‑engine flexibility, and available support and developer familiarity. The result is a high‑performance, resilient GateKeeper appliance that recovers from induced crashes, requires only once‑per‑release maintenance, and delivers reliable, auditable control and reporting for customers with the highest security requirements.

Xceedium

Kern Weissman

Senior Director of Product Management