Tag Archives: security

More SQL Injection

Posted on November 17, 2011 by way0utwest

One milly-yon sites hit by a SQL Injection attack. That happened according to a headline I saw recently, with an attack similar to Lizamoon affecting seven figures worth of ASP.NET sites. How can this still be happening on large scales? I’d like … Continue reading →

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The First Thing To Do After Creating Keys

Posted on November 15, 2011 by way0utwest

I’ve been looking at some security code in preparation for a few talks I plan on doing next year and there’s one thing I don’t see in many of the samples: backups. When you get ready to encrypt data in … Continue reading →

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Laptop Boy Scouts

Posted on November 3, 2011 by way0utwest

This editorial was originally published on Jan 10, 2007. Steve is at DevConnections, so it is being republished.  So class, for today’s protection mechanism you’ll need: a mouse, a loop of wire, a lock, a key, and a link. Sounds … Continue reading →

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Password Help

Posted on November 2, 2011 by way0utwest

Today we have an editorial that was originally published on Oct 9, 2006.  Yesterday I wrote about compliance tips and one of the things I mentioned was using encryption and passwords for your backups. It’s a good idea that you … Continue reading →

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