Auditing for Blank Passwords

Auditing blank passwords in SQL Server 2005 and 2008 proves a bit more challenging than in SQL Server 2000. In...

Miramar User Group and SQL Saturday Presentations

Here are the two presentations from last week. On Thursday I went to Miramar, Florida and presented Fortress SQL Server....

Out of Band Security Bulletin Release for Microsoft Windows

Microsoft tries to stick with the second Tuesday for security bulletin releases and has only released out-of-band a handful of...

"The work never matches the dream of perfection the artist has to start with."

I know, another non-technical blog post. But this one is career-related as well.
In high school I was introduced to...

"To Lead Is To Follow"

I first ran across these words as a Citadel cadet. Now those who know of my days at El Cid...

Speaking in West Palm Beach and Orlando

I have two speaking engagements for the week of October 19:
South Florida SQL Server User Group - West Palm Beach - October...

Red Gate SQL Response Review is up

Full Disclosure: I did receive a trial version of the software and payment for the review. I am also a...

What I'm Reading (5 Oct 2008)

Technical:Counter Hack Reloadedby Ed Skoudis with Tom Liston
It's a security book and I'm rather late getting a review of it...

Thanks to Andy Leonard

Midlands PASS was privileged to host SQL Server MVP Andy Leonard (Blog #1, Blog #2, his VSTS site, Twitter) tonight...

Reminder - MVP Andy Leonard Midlands PASS!

Speaker: SQL Server MVP Andy Leonard

Midlands PASS Chapter - October 2, 2008 Meeting
 

The Midlands PASS chapter will hold our normally scheduled...