Better Government Security Through DevOps
DevOps can help provide better security for your databases.
2020-08-26
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Security
Recover database encrypted modules code with dbatools
If you own a database with encrypted modules but you don't have a decrypted version, this can be a horror story.
Learn how to get back the code of the encrypted modules using dbatools.
2020-08-18
2,156 reads
Attacks on Unsecured Databases
Unsecured databases are a problem, but someone is fighting this issue by wiping them out.
2020-08-11
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A Data Attack
A ransomware attack takes down Garmin, not just the company, but also Steve's data. He has a few thoughts about what this might mean for our data.
2020-08-10
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2020-08-06
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Hacking the Admin
A Twitter hack brings into the question of who can make changes in production for Steve.
2020-07-22
258 reads
Generate Role Member Reports using dbatools and the ImportExcel PowerShell modules
Being able to get information and save it on a Excel as a report can be a common and tedious task. What if we could join dbatools and ImportExcel PorwerShell modules to accomplish this in a easier and fast way? We will see how to export roles and its' member and save that info on a multi spreadsheet Excel file with handy tables ready to be explored.
2020-06-30
4,334 reads
Jumping Air Gaps
There are all sorts of viruses, worms, and malware out in the world, and some of us have had to deal with them at different points in our career. SQL Slammer was particularly memorable for me, but there were plenty of non data related virus issues I've had to work on at various employers. To […]
2020-05-27
79 reads
Defending Against Ransomware
Many more companies that you have heard about have been attacked by ransomware. Steve suggests you get prepared before this happens to you.
2020-05-12
101 reads
Remote Data Challenges
While working remotely, we still need good security practices and strong data protection.
2020-05-06
84 reads
Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #137–Notebook Uses
By Steve Jones
It’s actually my month to host T-SQL Tuesday, and I came up with the...
Daily Coping 13 Apr 2021
By Steve Jones
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to...
Converting a SQL Server Docker image to a WSL2 Distribution
Windows Subsystem for Linux is probably my favourite feature of Windows 10. It gives...
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