2025-10-15
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Security
The Security of Old Tech
Older technology can introduce security issues, along with performance ones. Keeping your systems somewhat up to date is important for security.
2025-09-12
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Password Guidance
Passwords are essential and also a problem in many organizations. Guidance has changed over the years and Steve has a few thoughts on what's recommended today.
2025-09-10
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Zero-Trust Architecture for Cloud-Based AI Systems
Zero-Trust Architecture (ZTA) emerges as a strong security paradigm for cloud-based AI systems, fundamentally operating on the principle of “never trust, always verify.” Unlike conventional security models, ZTA assumes potential compromise exists within the network and requires continuous verification of every access request regardless of origin.
2025-07-09
Cloning Master Admin User Permissions in Amazon RDS for SQL Server with Fine-Grained Control
This article explores how to securely clone the master user permissions in Amazon RDS for SQL Server using a custom stored procedure, usp_rds_clone_login. It outlines a step-by-step process to generate, review, and apply a script that replicates server- and database-level access from the master user to a new login without directly exposing elevated credentials. The guide emphasizes the principle of least privilege, supports named account management, and enables transparent, auditable permission handling for DBAs and applications. Designed for secure and scalable environments, this solution enhances operational security while maintaining administrative flexibility in Amazon RDS.
2025-07-09
1,189 reads
Are Data Breaches Inevitable?
Steve examines the idea that we might all have a data breach at some point.
2025-05-16
96 reads
More Supply Chain Attacks
Code is vulnerable to supply chain attacks, which aren't something many of us think about.
2025-03-21
124 reads
Lower Your Attack Surface Area
We all know security is important, but we sometimes make the job harder when we don't handle data appropriately.
2025-03-19
210 reads
List the Databases To Which You Have Access
Explanation: sys.databases contains information about all databases on the SQL Server instance. • HAS_DBACCESS(name) = 1 filters out the databases you dont have access to. •ORDER BY name sorts the result alphabetically.
2025-03-04
420 reads
Is Ransomware Fading?
There is a report that less ransomware ransom is being paid. Perhaps that's a good sign for all of us.
2025-02-19
88 reads
Blogs
Creating a Local Model Chatbot on Windows
By Steve Jones
After my session at VSLive last week, I had a few questions from the...
To refer and to be referred
Referrals have never been more important in the job market. They’re no longer nice...
A New Word: Dorgone
By Steve Jones
dorgone– adj. wondering if you could slip away from an event or group conversation...
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Question of the Day
Negative and Positive Numbers
If I want to know whether a number of negative, positive, or zero, what is the easiest way to get this in T-SQL?
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