Two Factor Authentication Shouldn’t Depend on One Factor
Bank of America has decided to implement two factor authentication on their website when doing specific things like adding a remote account to transfer money to, or when doing a wire transfer (basically anything where money is going to leave the account). So far this sounds like an excellent plan. The second factor is that […]
Atlanta SQL Saturday PreCon
At the upcoming SQL Saturday in Atlanta, GA I have the honor of delivering a precon on database security which has several seats still available. This precon is a full day session where we will be talking about all the security best practices. Signing up for the precon is pretty simple, just do to the […]
I’m using simple recovery, so the log file isn’t important right?
One of the big myths of SQL Server resolves around the transaction log, and how it’s used with the simple recovery model. Many people think that the simple recovery model doesn’t use the transaction log. More specifically they think that it’s there because it has to be there, but that SQL Server doesn’t actually use […]
Recommended reading from mrdenny for April 26, 2013
This week I’ve found some great things for you to read. These are a few of my favorites that I’ve found this week. What is 360° view of a Customer? Migrating Legacy LOB Data Types to Current Ones – A Big Gotcha! Implementing Snapshot or Read Committed Snapshot Isolation in SQL Server: A Guide How […]