January 2009 - Posts

• Tampa SQL Saturday

  Posted Wednesday, January 28, 2009 5:58 AM | 1 Comments
  
  

  This past weekend (January 24th) I attended SQL Saturday #10 in Tampa, Florida. This event was organized by Pam Shaw, the leader of the Tampa SQL Server User Group. The attendance that was a healthy 175 - 200. For those who may not be familiar with Read More by Johnm | 1 Comments | Comment on this post

• Searching Encrypted Data

  Posted Friday, January 23, 2009 4:25 PM | 2 Comments
  
  

  Frank is a DBA. He maintains a database that contains many columns of data that has been classified as sensitive. He has been assigned the task of protecting this data and has been instructed to use encryption to do so. "No problem" says Frank, Read More by Johnm | 2 Comments | Comment on this post

• Honeycombing Databases

  Posted Wednesday, January 14, 2009 8:29 PM | 1 Comments
  
  

  Those who are familiar with setting up a secure server environment will recognize the term "honeypot server". This type of server is setup for the sole purpose of attracting, identifying and studying the behavior of those pesky hackers and snoops. Read More by Johnm | 1 Comments | Comment on this post

• Blog Thoughts

  Posted Wednesday, January 07, 2009 6:32 PM | 0 Comments
  
  

  It was a glorious Indiana Autumn in 2007 when I decided to begin blogging. My first blog was located on my own domain tucked away in a dusty corner of the Internet. The visits were minimal; but this allowed me to shake off the rust from my writing skills. Read More by Johnm | 0 Comments | Comment on this post

• Protection for the Data Journey

  Posted Thursday, January 01, 2009 10:44 AM | 1 Comments
  
  

  The touch of a human finger to a keyboard begins a journey. A journey in which the data that is born of this minor action must navigate with caution; for there in wait are gremlins, goblins and pirates waiting to disrupt or prematurely terminate this Read More by Johnm | 1 Comments | Comment on this post