Tag Archives: security

Regular Audit Analysis

Posted on June 24, 2011 by way0utwest

I was reading over a digital supplement that I received from Dark Reading recently, which details some of the issues in the Epsilon, Gawker Media, and a few other data breaches. It was light on details, but there were some … Continue reading →

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More Regulation Coming?

Posted on June 22, 2011 by way0utwest

Recently Citibank had hackers access a large number of credit card numbers and account details for their customers. It was all over the news, but there was a great piece in the New York Times (registration required) about how this … Continue reading →

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Understanding Security

Posted on June 15, 2011 by way0utwest

SQL Server has become a very complicated product, with so many subsystems and features that I don’t know anyone that is an expert in all of them. There are lots of people that become somewhat familiar with many features, and … Continue reading →

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The Care of Data

Posted on June 1, 2011 by way0utwest

DBAs are supposed to be trustworthy. After all, they are the custodians of data and often have access to sensitive information because of the nature of their system administrator level privileges. Their turnover ought to be low, and hopefully they … Continue reading →

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