Tag Archives: security

A SQL Server Bug and Data Security

Posted on September 23, 2017 by way0utwest

This week I saw a post from Microsoft Tiger Team on the issues with backup compression and TDE databases. Apparently when they added compression, they didn’t test a few edge cases. Or a few regular cases, like WITH INIT. There … Continue reading →

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A Data ID

Posted on August 21, 2017 by way0utwest

It sounds good. A universal ID that can be used for your identifiable data, in case you happen to lose your paperwork. Paperwork? When will that term become lost to history? These days, less and less of anything is available … Continue reading →

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Auto DevOps

Posted on July 31, 2017 by way0utwest

As much as I like DevOps, this scares me. There are a lot of employees (20%) at BMW that are software engineers. They want to increase that to a larger percentage, which I assume means that we’ll have more and more … Continue reading →

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Advancing Security

Posted on July 25, 2017 by way0utwest

One of the topics that is very important to many technology professionals is security. Security also might be one of the least understood aspects of our jobs. It’s an area that requires regular learning, monitoring, reactions, and vigilance. A healthy dose … Continue reading →

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