Tag Archives: security

Be careful with your smartphone

Posted on December 15, 2011 by way0utwest

More and more tech professionals I know are carrying smartphones. There seems to be a split among technical people between iOS, Android, or WP7 platforms, but it seems that all the mobile OSes are extremely handy for system administrators. I … Continue reading →

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How to change the SQL Server service account

Posted on December 15, 2011 by way0utwest

It’s easy. First you click here: Then you find the SQL Server 2008 or 2008 R2 program group Open those and then pick the SQL Server Configuration Manager. You might get a UAC message asking if you want to make … Continue reading →

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Encryption Works

Posted on December 12, 2011 by way0utwest

I don’t know that the government hires the best people or they have the best tools to work with, but they have some expertise. There’s a short note from Bruce Schneier that full disk encryption (FDE) does appear to by preventing unauthorized … Continue reading →

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Not So Unbreakable

Posted on December 8, 2011 by way0utwest

There’s a report on Dark Reading that says some researchers think Oracle is not working on security as hard as they should. The proportion of security fixes has diminished, which some people think implies that they are not taking security as seriously … Continue reading →

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