Airbnb guest found hidden surveillance camera by scanning Wi-Fi network

Airbnb initially didn't ban offender despite rule against undisclosed cameras.

Workplace Encounter: Effects of TLS 1.2

In this article we share a recent experience we had with implementing TLS 1.2 ONLY support on our databases and particularly with respect to its effect on Transaction Log Shipping sessions.

Review Minimum SQL Server Security Practices

In this tip we look at different things you should consider when developing your database systems to ensure you are also thinking about security best practices as well.

Owning Schemas

CLR Strict Security

Schema Owners

Security, Compliance, Data Ethics, and Breaking the “Not My Job” Mindset

Security, compliance, and data ethics are related concepts that everyone who works with software should know about, from the help desk to the C-level office… but almost everyone thinks that worrying about these things is someone else’s problem.

Granting CONTROL permission on a database

Setting Permissions to Drop a Database

Learn which permissions are required to drop a database and see a test to show that these apply.

Detecting Data Breaches

Data breaches make the news on an almost daily basis. There is no turning back, however, as we are firmly entrenched in this digital way of life. Brian Kelley discusses some of the reasons data breaches occur and what we can do to prevent them.