Tag Archives: security

Maintaining High Performance When Using Encryption

Posted on March 18, 2014 by way0utwest

Summary: Encryption is becoming required in more and more environments, but implementing encryption can dramatically affect performance. Learn how you can maintain high performance while using encryption in your database. Abstract: Encryption is becoming required in more and more environments, … Continue reading →

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How Many Passwords?

Posted on March 17, 2014 by way0utwest

How many user names and passwords do you have? If you’re like me, you have a lot of them. Actually I don’t have too many user names, sticking with “Steve Jones”, “sjones” or my well known “way0utwest” for my logins. … Continue reading →

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Lawsuits and Data Breaches

Posted on February 25, 2014 by way0utwest

After the breach of the Target payment systems, a class action lawsuit was filed against the company. The action alleges that Target failed to implement strong enough security. Regardless of the merits of this action, it does bring to light a … Continue reading →

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Auditing Matters

Posted on February 24, 2014 by way0utwest

There’s been some reporting about Yahoo Mail getting hacked and potential issues recently. I ran across this piece that talks about what happened and it’s an interesting read, but there’s one quote that stuck with me: “Yahoo reported on its Tumblr that it had … Continue reading →

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