I was participating in a Twitter Chat looking at what suggestions and recommendations for developer on how to make the...

2013-10-24

5,051 reads

Speaking Twice on Oct 1, 2013

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Carolina Technology Conference:
To start things off, I'll be speaking in the morning at the Carolina Technology Conference. I have a...

2013-09-30

2,821 reads

PASS BoD: I'm voting for Allen Kinsel

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

There are some very good names up for this year's PASS Board of Directors. However, I wanted to write a...

2013-09-23

2,389 reads

Installing SQL Server 2008 on a machine with .NET Framework 4.0? Read this.

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

The SQL Server Premier Field Engineer blog has a post about an issue with installing SQL Server 2008 on a...

2013-09-23

2,073 reads

Don't Rush When It Comes to Privacy Data

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

The Dataloss list sent the following article through yesterday afternoon:

Obamacare Employee Accidentally Sends Out 2,400 Social Security Numbers

This is concerning,...

2013-09-17

2,231 reads

Why Government Required Backdoors Are a Bad Idea

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I've heard the argument, "I've got nothing to hide. If it helps them catch the next guy, I'm all for...

2013-09-17 (first published: 2013-09-11)

3,990 reads

Database DoS Whitepaper from Securosis

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Securosis has released a whitepaper on their research with regards to database denial-of-service attacks. This whitepaper is platform agnostic. It...

2013-09-11

2,043 reads

Sometimes I don't understand Microsoft's vulnerability classifications

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Here's a great example:

MS13-079 - Vulnerability in Active Directory Could Allow Denial of Service (2853587)

Basically, this patches a vulnerability where an...

2013-09-10

1,886 reads