SQL Server Data Masking: a comparison with Gallium Data

Introduction In SQL Server 2016, Microsoft introduced a new feature called dynamic data masking, which allows you to mask the values of certain columns and keep that data hidden from certain users, without having to modify your applications. Let's take a look at how SQL Server does data masking, and compare it to the way Gallium Data […]

The Row-Level Security Function

Ransomware: A world under threat

Ransomware has threatened many organizations over the past few years. In this article, Robert Sheldon explains the history of ransomware and what needs to be done to protect against it.

SQL Server Row-Level Security: A Comparison with Gallium Data

A quick look at how the native SQL Server Row-Level Security compares with Gallium Data's solution for limiting access to rows of data.

Row-Level Security Predicates

Dropping the Aggregate

Cybersecurity threats

Not a week goes by without news of a new cyberattack. In this article, Robert Sheldon explains the cybersecurity threats in today’s world.

Maybe It Is DNS

It might be DNS is the problem more often in the future. Steve notes the attacks on this system are rising.

The Danger of Management Access

First we had the Solarwinds hack, and now we have a Kaseya ransomware epidemic. It seems the criminals are moving up the stack. We used to see physical attacks on tapes and keyboards, then we saw OS level attacks. Now we seem to be getting to the management layer for software that is used to […]

The Tech Blame Game

There has been a trend to blame a single IT person, or a small group, for issues in large enterprises. Nowhere else in the corporate world would one person be blamed for a major failure.