SQL Injection Webcast on November 5, 2013

On November 5th, in conjunction with MSSQLTips, I'll be giving a webinar on SQL Injection. It will be at 2...

Review: SQL Server Transaction Log Management

Book Details:
SQL Server Transaction Log Management 
Davis, Tony and Shaw, Gail 
Simple Talk Publishing, October 2012.
Free PDF download

Do I Recommend This Book?
Yes,...

Architecture Reasons for Putting BLOBs in the Database

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

Speaking Twice on Oct 1, 2013

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

PASS BoD: I'm voting for Allen Kinsel

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

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

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

Don't Rush When It Comes to Privacy Data

The Dataloss list sent the following article through yesterday afternoon:
 
Obamacare Employee Accidentally Sends Out 2,400 Social Security Numbers
 
This is concerning,...

Why Government Required Backdoors Are a Bad Idea

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

Database DoS Whitepaper from Securosis

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

Sometimes I don't understand Microsoft's vulnerability classifications

Here's a great example:
 
  MS13-079 - Vulnerability in Active Directory Could Allow Denial of Service (2853587)
 
Basically, this patches a vulnerability where an...