Is It Time to Update Password Policies? With recent breaches, there is talk that password policies (and security in general) are in need of updates. Specifically, the trend to tie together accounts needs to be changed, and the answers provided along with security questions need to be re-thought. There have been several articles of late recommending that, first, you unlink […]

Dealing with Lots of Data It’s not just making your database bigger, it’s more about architecture. As I’ve been talking to different people about what they’re seeing with databases, it’s becoming clear that we can do a better job planning for more data to be managed in our systems. The intriguing challenge I’ve started to see is that, while data […]

SQL Injection – and 3rd Party Applications Yesterday I wrote about 3rd Party Applications and the risk they can pose in your overall security model. Probably the most common issues I’ve seen involve injection, and that’s the real target of these editorials. You simply MUST talk with your vendors. There are some key things to ask about – and if […]

SQL Injection – It’s Not Just About Your Code There’s an area that gets overlooked much more frequently than it should as you look to protect your systems from threats like SQL Injection. That area is third-party applications. There are so many applications that you rely on that it’s easy to overlook third party apps assuming that they’re polished and […]

SSWUGtv: Special Edition Leon Guzenda from Objectivity DB joins us to talk about Big Data, some real applications for it and the history behind this kind of massive data procession. Really interesting applications of this technology. [Watch the Show] Featured Article(s) SQL Compliance Review Do you work in the Healthcare industry? Do you work in the Banking industry? Do you […]

Starts tomorrow – register ASAP: Denny Cherry is Back – Storage and Virtualization Online Course Denny explains why storage can be one of the largest bottlenecks when it comes to database performance. It’s also one of the hardest to troubleshoot because storage engineers and database administrators often do not get along. He’ll dig into LUNs, HBAs, the fabric, as well […]

Initial Feedback on Data Privacy I’ve heard from several people on the data privacy questions from yesterday (more here if you missed it) and it seems like this is going to take some work to define and get through. The feedback has been nervous, but of one of two camps: A. get your company to formally change and publish your […]