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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Databases – Infrastructure – Security
#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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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
290 reads
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)
1,693 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)
2,942 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
559 reads
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)
1,621 reads
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)
1,661 reads
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)
1,825 reads
#SQLChat on Performance Issues
Twitter can often be a great source of information for the SQL Community, especially with the #SQLHelp hashtag. Another resource...
2017-06-23
371 reads
Blogs
Cost Visibility: Tracking and Analysing Your Cloud Spend
By HeyMo0sh
One of the biggest challenges I’ve faced in cloud operations is maintaining clear visibility...
Whiling away an afternoon, thinking
By Steve Jones
I come to Heathrow often. Today is likely somewhere close to 60 trips to...
Black Box vs. Gray Box vs. White Box Testing
By Brian Kelley
If your organization is spending money, then meaningful results are a must. Pen testing...
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Restoring On Top II
I have a database, DNRTest, that has a number of tables and other objects in it. The other day, I was trying to mock up a test and ran this code on the same server:
-- run yesterday CREATE DATABASE DNRTest2 GO USE DNRTest2 GO CREATE TABLE NewTable (id INT) GOToday, I realize that I need a copy of DNRTest for another mockup, and I run this:
-- run today USE Master BACKUP DATABASE DNRTest TO DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' GO RESTORE DATABASE DNRTest2 FROM DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' WITH REPLACEWhat happens? See possible answers