Least Privilege

Steve wonders how well most organizations and their staff adhere to the principle of least privilege.

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.

SQL Injection Is Not Acceptable

An alert from the US government says that SQL Injection isn't an acceptable problem.

Cyber Insurance for War

Should cyber insurance cover acts of war. It's an interesting question.

Using AI for Security

Steve thinks AI might have a place in security, something Microsoft is investigating now.

Ransomware vs. AI

Microsoft is using AI to try and protect against ransomware, which is probably a good use of the technology.

Which Default Schema

Docker Security Principles Overview

Docker is an open-source platform that enables developers to automate the deployment and management of applications using containerization. It was created by Solomon Hykes and his team at Docker, Inc., and was first released in 2013.

Building CyberSecurity Skills with an Advent Challenge

Steve has been doing a cybersecurity advent challenge and has found it to be interesting, fun, and career building.

Searching an Encrypted Column

This article examines the challenges with searches on encrypted data and presents a possible solution that you might use to speed up those queries.