Personal Goal Accomplished: Speaking at the PASS Summit
I mentioned on twitter that a family tragedy about a decade ago had resulted in a false start with respect to this goal: After a false start about a...
2019-11-07
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Brian Kelley
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Should I Be Worried About skip-2.0?
A new piece of malware which hooks into SQL Server, skip-2.0, has been making the tech media rounds. If you’ve not read about it yet or you’re looking for...
2019-10-25
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July 2019 – New Microsoft security update for Spectre variant
If you remember the flurry of news from the beginning of 2018 about side channel attacks called Spectre and Meltdown, Microsoft has included in its July update a patch...
2019-08-20 (first published: 2019-08-07)
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New Security Update for SQL Server in July 2019 Patches
It doesn’t look like this would affect SQL Server 2008 or SQL Server 2008 R2 since the earliest reported platform is SQL Server 2014, but in Microsoft’s release of...
2019-07-17 (first published: 2019-07-09)
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Basic SQL Server Configuration Help for Involuntary DBAs
After my presentation at the Techno Security and Digital Forensics conference, I had a information security professional stop by to ask a few questions. He’s in the position where...
2019-06-24 (first published: 2019-06-10)
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Guidance on Moving Off of SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2
July 9, 2019 will be here soon. With it comes the end of support, including security updates for SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 R2 unless you either...
2019-06-21
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Why Security Through Obscurity Is Bad (Alone)
Security through (by) obscurity is where we try to protect an asset by hiding it. Anyone who has ever played the game Capture the Flag knows that a motivated...
2019-06-21 (first published: 2019-06-05)
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Amazon’s Concept of Ownership and Technical Debt
I’m reading Think Like Amazon: 50 1/2 Ideas to Become a Digital Leader. In talking about Amazon’s pursuit of a second headquarters, John Rossman wrote the following regarding ownership: Amazon’s second leadership...
2019-06-12
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#tsql2sday – A Letter to My 20 Year-Old Self
Self, I am writing this to you in my mid 40s. I know when I was 20, I wasn’t thinking about 30, much less 40. Here’s some advice I’d...
2019-06-11
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Building Your Brand Right
I was interviewed yesterday by Stephen Wynkoop (twitter) for the upcoming SSWUG Virtual Conference on May 23rd. One of the questions was about how to keep management engaged on...
2019-06-07 (first published: 2019-05-21)
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Blogs
Finding Balance: Things Will Come Up
By Steve Jones
I have a presentation on finding balance in your career that got quite a...
Who Are You Doing It For?
By Brian Kelley
But as I've matured over the years, I came to realize that I needed...
Presenting Twice in May 2026
By alevyinroc
I will be presenting my latest session, Documenting Your Work for Worry-Free Vacations, in-person...
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