Webinar: Understanding SQL Injection and Its Consequences

On Thursday, December 14, at 3 PM Eastern, I will be giving a presentation on SQL injection. Registration is required...

More Beginner / Fundamentals Content

Not surprisingly, there are folks who want beginner / fundamentals presentations and blog posts. 

I put up the poll based on a...

Security Architecture: Knowing the Adversary

When I present or teach on a security topic, I take the time to cover the mindset of the adversary....

Geek Sync Recording: Taking Control of Your SQL Server Sprawl

Back in July, I gave a webcast for Idera’s Geek Sync. They’ve published the recording. You can find it here:
Take...

Learning to Give Presentations Well (Part 2)

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In Part 1, I gave some advice from Toastmasters. We’ll return to the Toastmasters advice in Part 3....

Learning to Give Presentations Well (Part 1)

I’ve given technical presentations for years. I’ve also taught in churches and youth groups years before that. For me, speaking...

If You’re Stuck at Home for the PASS Summit

Conferences are a great place to network, to see new technologies or to see existing technologies being used in new...

Don’t “Test” Against Production

A few months ago, I was participating in a threat hunting exercise on the security side. The gentleman leading the...

Automating Everything with PowerShell – Getting Started #tsql2sday

I try to automate everything I can with PowerShell. Whether we’re talking SQL Server, WSUS, Active Directory, or any other...

Randomness in Security Configuration

We were deploying a new web service. Because of the nature of the service, we wanted it to listen on...