Monthly Archives: January 2013

Global Insecurities

Posted on January 14, 2013 by way0utwest

Reading this article about the insecurities found from various scan in 2012 is a little scary. I wonder how many of my former employers have videoconferencing systems, remote control/access systems, or some commercial software with a default password connected to the Internet … Continue reading →

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The Auditing Poll

Posted on January 10, 2013 by way0utwest

Our database systems become more important to the operation of our world all the time. We store data from sensors, back commerce systems, and more. We know software has bugs, and there will be security lapses, perhaps even from insiders. … Continue reading →

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A Patch Disaster

Posted on January 10, 2013 by way0utwest

Can you imagine sending the wrong patch to the wrong machines? That’s what happened with an Australian bank. Am OS patch was sent to many more machines than it should have. The patch was designed for desktops, but managed to get … Continue reading →

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sp_Blitz, v16, on SQLServerCentral

Posted on January 10, 2013 by way0utwest

Brent Ozar Unlimited released v16 of this sp_blitz script, which is designed to run on a SQL Server instance and give you a quick, comprehensive report of the state of the instnace. It’s a great script, and if you have … Continue reading →

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