A Chronology of Data Breaches Reported Since the ChoicePoint Incident

Found this link on one of the security mailing lists I peruse. You can find an archive of the original...

New KB Article on Remote Mirroring Support Requirements

Microsoft has published a new Knowledge Base article on the
requirements to receive support for what is known as remote mirroring.

Requirements...

New Article on SQL Server 2005 Logins

I wrote a new article for SQL Server Central on SQL Server 2005 Logins. It covers the basics. This is...

Microsoft Office 2007 Delayed

It looks like Microsoft Office 2007 will be delayed due to performance
issues. It was supposed to release in conjunction with...

Idera SQL Check updated for SQL Server 2005

Idera's SQL Check
has been updated to support SQL Server 2005. SQL Check is a free
performance monitoring tool, not anywhere near...

WinFS rolled into next version of SQL Server

A blog posting from the WinFS team
caught me a bit by surprise today. Apparently I wasn't the only one,
judging by...

Top 100 Network Security Tools

This is a bit dated (it came out last week), but here is the list of
the top 100 network security...

Professional Association of SQL Server (PASS) Local Chapter in Columbia, SC

We are starting up efforts again to try and get a local PASS
chapter based in the Columbia, SC area. If...

SANS Stay Sharp Course - SEC351: Computer and Network Security Awareness

A few years ago I took the SANS GIAC Security Essentials Course on-line. Included in it was an attempt at...

Whitepaper: SQL Server 2005 Physical Database Storage Design

Microsoft has released a whitepaper on SQL Server 2005 Physical Database Storage Design
(Microsoft Word document). It's 35 pages in length...