Tag Archives: security

We Do Need To Upgrade

Posted on February 3, 2018 by way0utwest

I advocate that we should get a long life from our database platforms. In fact, I like to think about a 7-10 year lifetime for many of my database instances. That means I’ll get beyond the 5 year lifetime that … Continue reading →

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Are You Patched?

Posted on January 25, 2018 by way0utwest

It’s been a few weeks since the Spectre/Meltdown bugs were announced for most CPUs. Microsoft has been working hard to build patches, and they’ve provided fixes for Windows and SQL Server. Other manufacturers have released fixes for other platforms, though … Continue reading →

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The GDPR Sky is Falling

Posted on January 18, 2018 by way0utwest

David Poole wrote a nice summary of the GDPR regulations that come into force this spring in Europe. He covers a number of the sections, trying to provide a simple explanation of the potential issues from the perspective of a data … Continue reading →

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Fixing logins

Posted on January 10, 2018 by way0utwest

I ran into an issue recently where I couldn’t get a Windows login to work with some application software. This software had been configured with a user account, which appeared to be in SQL Server, but it couldn’t connect. It … Continue reading →

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