Better Protection from Hardware
Today Steve looks at a research project from Microsoft that provides some better protection from firmware security issues.
2019-12-17
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Security
Querying Master Database DMVs in Azure SQL Database
Learn how you can query information in the logical server's master database from an Azure SQL Database.
2019-12-12
5,385 reads
Data for Defense
The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center actively works to track the world's hackers and help warn us when we become the object of their attacks.
2019-12-09
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2019-12-06
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2019-11-29
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Azure Sphere
The Azure Sphere project is a great piece of research at Microsoft that might help us data professionals with security.
2019-11-25
201 reads
Losing The Security Game
Losing the security game is no fun when data is involved. Steve points out some things you should be doing.
2019-10-21
232 reads
More Network Restrictions
The rise of attacks is something Steve thinks will trigger more network protection, something data professionals will need to work with.
2019-10-17
158 reads
6 steps to a more secure SQL database
Security is often something people think about only after they have had a problem. Given that the average cost of a data breach is $3.92 million (SecurityIntelligence 2019) and ransomware attacks have increased 97% over the past 2 years (PhishMe 2019), the "if it's not broke, don't fix it" approach can clearly be catastrophic. Here […]
2019-10-07
9,295 reads
Beware, More Ransomware is Coming
Ransomware has become a large problem in the last few years, and Steve thinks this will continue to increase because of insurance payouts.
2019-09-18
241 reads
Blogs
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Running Steve's Code
Can you run this code in any of your SQL Server 2019 databases without error?
CREATE OR ALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].[StevesAmazingProc]
AS
SELECT Consumer_ID ,
Trend_Category ,
Bit_Trace
FROM NewWorldDB.dbo.MarketTrend;
GO See possible answers