Recently, on a post celebrating a female professional earning a significant achievement within the cybersecurity field, another individual (male) commented wondering if this was due to DEI. The one...
2024-10-11 (first published: 2024-09-24)
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Sometimes a solution is no longer viable because there isn’t a path forward and sometimes a solution isn’t viable because there are better options out there from the organization’s...
2024-10-09
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If a technology is still viable, don’t overlook it. Don’t get caught up chasing the “shiny” or the “perfect” solution just because you can.
2024-10-08
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I’m sick of meetings and I know many other folks are, too. Every time a knowledge worker (such as IT or cybersecurity but also business) has to go to...
2024-08-23 (first published: 2024-08-09)
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Just as it's important to take care of our physical health (and I'm guilty of neglecting that), it is important to take care of our mental health, too. Also,...
2024-06-10 (first published: 2024-05-20)
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Once upon a time, I used to think of difficult technical questions to ask candidates for a DBA position. However, over time I came to understand that in most...
2024-06-07 (first published: 2024-05-14)
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I did a post last month titled RTO and RPO are myths unless you've tested recovery, but I only briefly covered what RPO and RTO are. This post goes...
2024-05-31 (first published: 2024-05-10)
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Another security fundamentals topic is authentication versus authorization. For those who have a clear understanding of the difference between the two, like with Recovery Point Objective (RPO) vs. Recovery...
2024-05-24 (first published: 2024-05-03)
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he rollback plan... what to do when things go wrong to get back to where you were before the deployment or implementation. I've seen too many cases where a...
2024-05-17 (first published: 2024-05-01)
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In information security (INFOSEC), there several foundational concepts and principles. One of the ones that’s introduced almost immediately is called the CIA triad or the Information Security Triad. While...
2024-05-13 (first published: 2024-04-26)
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This month, I prompted bloggers to discuss whether good enough is perfect. Thank you to all...
By Steve Jones
Recently a customer asked if SQL Compare and SQL Data Compare can be used...
I have an application team that is insisting on daily (and for some, weekly)...
i see this in the definition of a linked server on our wh sql...
Is this even possible ? Tried with grant but to no avail. [sys].[database_role_members] and...
What does this code return in SSMS 20 from SQL Server 2019?
select '|' + CHAR(0)+'abc' + '|';See possible answers