SQLSaturday Madison – “Data Security for the Cloud” and “Three Steps to Lasting Encryption”
In just a few short weeks, SQLSaturday Madison will happen in Madison, WI, and I’m happy to say that I’m...
2018-03-23
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Ed
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“Data Security for the Cloud”: A New Pre-Con at SQLSaturday Chicago
More and more companies are considering a move to the cloud, but one aspect of such a migration that may...
2018-02-07
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An open letter to the PASS community (2017)
PASS is our community.
It may sound a little cliche, especially with the current political climate in the US and other...
2017-09-20
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Replacing an expiring SQL Server encryption key
So you’re using encryption in SQL Server, but you’ve discovered that the expiration date of a certificate is expiring. What...
2017-05-17 (first published: 2017-05-05)
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24 Hours of PASS is coming up!
Another installment of 24 Hours of PASS is coming up next week on May 3-4! This semiannual event features 24...
2017-04-27
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SQLSaturday Madison – April 7-8
The first event I ever spoke at was SQLSaturday in Madison, Wisconsin, back in 2012. I was petrified – would anyone...
2017-03-28
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An open letter to the PASS community
PASS is our community.
It may sound a little cliche in this time of election propaganda in the US, but it’s...
2016-09-28
700 reads
SQL Sentry Plan Explorer is now free
You’ll probably hear about this from other sources, but an announcement made this morning bears repeating: One of my favorite...
2016-09-16 (first published: 2016-09-09)
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Defending your data
Which of these is more secure?
shilmar / Pixabay
Nicolas Chadeville / 500pxIt’s a trick question – the correct answer is “neither”.
Both castles and vaults...
2016-09-07
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SQLSaturday Indianapolis Wrap-Up
This weekend, I attended SQLSaturday in Indianapolis for the first time. It’s one of the larger events in the Midwest...
2016-08-15
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Blogs
FDD 2023 – Session Materials
You can find the slides for my session at Future Data Driven summit at...
Quick Filtering in SSMS–#SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I saw someone limit the databases they see in SSMS, which isn’t something I...
Penetration Testing your SQL Server, Part 1 – The Recon Mission
Since witnessing a rather nasty cyber attack around a year ago, I’ve been thinking...
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