Tag Archives: security

Security and Honesty

Posted on July 2, 2012 by way0utwest

Information is power. That’s been a saying I’ve lived by as a data professional for years. That has guided me to capture additional data in applications, often data business users did not think was important initially. The power of information … Continue reading →

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Password Help

Posted on June 28, 2012 by way0utwest

In case you haven’t heard, LinkedIn passwords were hacked and posted online. If you haven’t changed your LinkedIn password since the attack, please stop reading and go do it now. In reading about the attack, I sent a few friends a … Continue reading →

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Using a Symmetric Key

Posted on June 27, 2012 by way0utwest

In my Encryption Primer talk, I do demo on symmetric key use, and wanted to document it here. Encryption is a serious subject, and please do your research and education, as well as testing, before you implement it. This post … Continue reading →

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We Need to Learn Encryption

Posted on June 13, 2012 by way0utwest

More than learning encryption, we need to demand better encryption tools inside SQL Server. After reading about the issues from the STUXNET worm, it makes me worried that we will see more disruptive attacks, not just from hackers and criminals, but … Continue reading →

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