Rogue data is data that is either maintained outside of, or has simply left, the control and security measures used by your company. I have yet to meet any data professional that is comfortable with the idea that their data may have gone rogue. This is especially true whenever the subject of Cloud architecture is … Read more
Last weekend while walking around Manhattan I passed by a bank. I noticed that all of the desks had monitors that were visible to the street. Since it was at night, and no one was working, all of the screens were black. All but one. And that’s the one that caught my eye. Can you … Read more
Azure SQL Database does not support the WITH ENCRYPTION option for objects such as stored procedures, user defined functions, triggers, or views.
This week Microsoft gave us “#BeTheNext Episode 2: The Security Context Wars” and I’m happy to say I found this episode even better than last week where we all remember Boston Mike winning. The contestants blogged their thoughts about that first episode and you can read what Mike, Chris, Alex, and Stacy had to say. … Read more
Back in July, I installed an instance of Oracle on my laptop. It is now September. Late September, actually, and almost a full three months since I installed that instance. Can you guess what I may have forgotten in that time? That’s right, I forgot the password. Actually, I forgot more than just the password, … Read more
