The Cloud Security Problem
Cloud security can be better than on-premises, but it requires work and knowledge.
2024-10-30
131 reads
Security
No Backdoors
Governments want backdoors built into encryption software, which Steve thinks is a bad idea.
2024-09-23
117 reads
Microsoft Fabric Warehouse Security: Object-Level, Column-Level and Row-Level
Learn about object-level, column-level, and row-level security in Microsoft Fabric Warehouse and how this can be implemented to limit access to data.
2024-08-28
Prevent SQL Injection
SQL Injection continues to be a problem and Steve has a few thoughts today on how to reduce your vulnerabilities.
2024-08-14
235 reads
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
I remember going to the theater over the Thanksgiving holiday in 1987 and seeing Planes, Trains, and Automobiles with Steve Martin and John Candy. My family didn’t often take in the holiday weekend movie releases, but Steve was a family favorite actor already, and friends had given it a good review. Having watched it just […]
2024-07-20
181 reads
Least Privilege
Steve wonders how well most organizations and their staff adhere to the principle of least privilege.
2024-07-15
194 reads
Protecting Schools
Schools often lack resources and struggle to protect themselves. An interview shows one district doing well, with some lessons for those of us in other organizations.
2024-07-06
70 reads
SQL Injection Is Not Acceptable
An alert from the US government says that SQL Injection isn't an acceptable problem.
2024-06-19
322 reads
2024-03-02
66 reads
Using AI for Security
Steve thinks AI might have a place in security, something Microsoft is investigating now.
2024-03-01
131 reads
Blogs
SQL Server Security – TDE Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
Transparent Data Encryption(TDE): TDE was initially introduced in SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition; this...
A Las Vegas Break
By Steve Jones
Only a little break for me. I’m actually heading to Las Vegas today for ...
Finding Balance: Things Will Come Up
By Steve Jones
I have a presentation on finding balance in your career that got quite a...
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Identities and Sequences III
When thinking of the Identity property for auto incrementing columns and sequences for the same action, which can be used with the BIGINT data type?
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