Tag Archives: security

Serious Hacking

Posted on October 20, 2015 by way0utwest

There’s a piece that calls the US Office of Personal Management (OPM) data breach the biggest government hack ever. It might be, but give us a few months and I’m sure something will be bigger. After all, we constantly acquire more … Continue reading →

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Data Masking for Convenience

Posted on September 23, 2015 by way0utwest

I was at Microsoft in Redmond recently and heard an interesting comment from a SQL Server developer. I was debating the data masking feature with a friend, and we were torn on the value of this for various situations we’d … Continue reading →

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Everyone is a Target

Posted on September 23, 2015 by way0utwest

There was a piece in Dark Reading about a security researcher being targeted by a hacking group. While this is more political, this does raise some questions about how hackers might target our systems in the future. It just might be through … Continue reading →

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How Many Times Will You Change a Password?

Posted on September 7, 2015 by way0utwest

Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. If you create a login and the user can’t log in, how many times will you change the password? … Continue reading →

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