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• You pulled BUILTIN\Administrators, but are you auditing?

  
  K. Brian Kelley - Databases, Infrastructure, and Security — Authority: 116
  The conversation on local administrators having rights in SQL Server has proven to be interesting and at times entertaining. My two most recent posts to the discussion went in the reverse fashion, which is, "Should DBAs have local Administrator rights on the server?" Of course, the magical answer is, "It depends." ...
  5 days ago

• IBM to buy start-up Guardium for $225 million: report (Reuters)

  
  Relevant News — Authority: 179
  Reuters - IBM , the worlds biggest technology services company, is expected to announce this week the acquisition of database security start-up Guardium for $225 million, Israeli financial newspaper TheMarker reported.
  1 week ago

• IBM to buy start-up Guardium for $225 million: report (Reuters)

  
  PC Mike - Tech News and Reviews — Authority: 461
  Reuters – IBM , the world’s biggest technology services company, is expected to announce this week the acquisition of database security start-up Guardium for $225 million, Israeli financial newspaper TheMarker reported. See original here: (Reuters)"> (Reuters)">IBM to buy start-up Guardium for ...
  1 week ago

• IBM to Buy Database Security Co Guardium for $225 Million

  
  VC Cafe — Authority: 468
  I BM is about to acquire Guardium for $225 Million, according to Haaretz . Guardium provides software solutions for database activity monitoring, security, and auditing. This is the largest high-tech Israeli exit in 2009 and a great achievement for Guardium’s investors, who will be getting 10x returns on their ...
  1 week ago

• Total security in a PostgreSQL database

  
  Computer & Internet - computer-internet.marc8.com — Authority: 169
  IBM Developerworks: "Database security is the single biggest concern with todays Web-based applications. Without control, you risk exposing sensitive information about your company or, worse yet, your valuable customers. In this article, learn about security measures you can take to protect your PostgreSQL database."
  1 week ago

• Database Security — A Perspective by David Mills

  
  Fortinet FortiGuard Blog — Authority: 114
  Database security is important because many key assets of every organization reside in databases: Commercial contracts, drug patents, personnel data, legal documents, clinical data, PCI cardholder data, and more. All must be protected from both accidental and other loss. Accidental loss accounts for a significant ...
  2 weeks ago

• Should DBAs have local administrator rights?

  
  K. Brian Kelley - Databases, Infrastructure, and Security — Authority: 116
  This was actually spurred by a post from Ted Krueger ( @onpnt ), which led to a short, but hearty, discussion on Twitter. He was discussing removing access from a local server admin to the SQL Server. My discussion was in regards to the fact that this isnt a successful preventative control. A system administrator ...
  2 weeks ago

• Get Results Locating The Person Behind An Unlisted Number

  
  Best Online Earning Ideas — Authority: 171
  The reverse telephone directories allows you to locate anyone with a land line phone number. The question many people want to know is rather the same service applies to users of unlisted cell phone numbers. The good is news is yes, there is a service that can also locate a person with an unlisted phone number.
  2 weeks ago

• Data as a Service Could Drastically Impact Success of SQL Injection Attacks

  
  Lori MacVittie — Authority: 508
  The question is whether that impact is positive (a reduction) or negative (an increase). One of the biggest threats to data integrity is the introduction of malicious content via SQLi (SQL Injection) attacks. Traditional database access methods don’t provide a lot in the way of validating requests and like HTML ...
  3 weeks ago

• Why We Recommend Against xp_cmdshell

  
  K. Brian Kelley - Databases, Infrastructure, and Security — Authority: 116
  Every so often I see a post in a forum or on  Twitter about the use of xp_cmdshell. Usually it is someone looking for a reference as to the security risk of doing so. So lets look at what using xp_cmdshell means. In SQL Server 2000 we used to have a recommendation to drop the extended stored procedure if you ...
  3 weeks ago

• SQL Server Wish: Last Logon Information

  
  K. Brian Kelley - Databases, Infrastructure, and Security — Authority: 116
  The other day my wife and I were driving around and noticed that a Little Caesars location had shown up near our house. The kids love their pizza and at the price, you cant beat it. So we decided after karate tonight that wed pick up pizzas from there and head home to consume the delectable product. So we do just ...
  4 weeks ago

• UK: ContactPoint database of 11 million children’s details to go ahead despite security fears

  
  Survival News Network — Authority: 141
  Every child in England will have their personal details stored on a controversial database despite fears over security and privacy.Ministers are pressing ahead with the introduction of ContactPoint to every local authority in the country after claiming that a pilot project has proved a success.They say the ...
  4 weeks ago

• UK: ContactPoint database of 11 million children’s details to go ahead despite security fears

  
  The Gates of Hell — Authority: 133
  Every child in England will have their personal details stored on a controversial database despite fears over security and privacy. Ministers are pressing ahead with the introduction of ContactPoint to every local authority in the country after claiming that a pilot project has proved a success. They say the ...
  4 weeks ago

• Unlisted Numbers: Find Anyone With Unlisted Reverse Phone Search

  
  Naked News — Authority: 177
  The easiest way to trace someone nowadays is to search their land line number utilizing a reverse phone search listing. But what if that person only uses a cell phone number? Is there a directory that can search cellular telephone also? The answer is definitely yes.
  4 weeks ago

• SQL University: Multiple Paths and Ownership Chaining

  
  K. Brian Kelley - Databases, Infrastructure, and Security — Authority: 116
  Welcome back to our last class this term on security in SQL Server here at SQL University . According to the syllabus , you should be picking up history next week with Jorge Segarra. SQL Server has a rich history. I know youll enjoy the coming week. However, before we move on, lets close on some intermediate ...
  5 weeks ago

• SQL University: Diving into Authorization

  
  K. Brian Kelley - Databases, Infrastructure, and Security — Authority: 116
  Its good to see all your bright and chipper faces here at SQL University . Hopefully youve digest Mondays lesson on Authentication . Today were going to discuss Authorization. Now Authorization can only take place after Authentication has been accomplished. If SQL Server doesnt know who you are, it cant determine ...
  6 weeks ago

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