Randomness in Security Configuration
We were deploying a new web service. Because of the nature of the service, we wanted it to listen on...
2017-08-24 (first published: 2017-08-14)
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Brian Kelley
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Just Say No to Social Engineering Memes
These memes, from a security and privacy perspective, are nothing but trouble. Here’s an example I just saw a friend...
2017-08-11
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#TSQL2sday: Interviewing Patterns
This T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by Kendra Little.
I’ve been told interviewing is an art. Perhaps it is. I view it...
2017-08-08
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Remember What It’s Like to Be a Rookie
File this under “soft skills.” Let me start with a recent experience.
Last week I was leading a team of youth...
2017-08-08 (first published: 2017-07-20)
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Geek Sync on Wednesday: Taking Control of Your Organization’s SQL Server Sprawl
This Wednesday, July 26th, at 12 PM EDT, I’ll be giving a presentation through Idera’s Geek Sync series. You will...
2017-07-24
286 reads
Security Basics: The Principle of Least Privilege
Whenever I’m asked about creating a security model for an application or database, I tell folks to follow the Principle...
2017-07-17 (first published: 2017-06-30)
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The Three A’s: Auditing
Authentication and Authorization, the first two of the three A’s of security, control who gets access to what. However, at...
2017-07-13 (first published: 2017-06-28)
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The Three A’s: Authorization
Having covered authentication yesterday, let’s move on the second A, authorization. Authentication was about proving identity. Now that we know...
2017-07-10 (first published: 2017-06-27)
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The Three A’s: Authentication
When I start talking with folks about security, one of the areas of confusion I often find has to do...
2017-07-05 (first published: 2017-06-26)
1,823 reads
Recording of PASS Security VC Webinar
If you were unable to attend this month’s PASS Security Virtual Chapter webinar, The Dirty Business of Auditing, it has...
2017-06-29
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Blogs
The Benefits of Teaching
By Brian Kelley
Even preparing for a class or seminar with set materials takes a lot of...
Power BI, Excel, OneLake – Dreams Do Come True!
By DataOnWheels
I can’t believe it’s finally here! A way to have Excel live in OneDrive...
The Book of Redgate: What Our Staff Says
By Steve Jones
This image is from 2010, and it goes along with my last post of...
Forums
Website Stability 2025/12/05
All week we've had issues with the site being up and down. There's been...
403 Forbidden
I created a post (or tried) in the 2022 Admin forum. https://www.sqlservercentral.com/?post_type=topic&p=4694880 But it's...
Question of the Day
Fabric Mirroring
In which versions can I mirror a database from an on-premises SQL Server to a Fabric data warehouse?
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