Category: All Things MidnightDBA

Learn some critical SQL Security with the MidnightDBAs (Thursday, Jan 20)

Friends, the MidnightDBAs have a plan for 2022. A capital-P Plan. And it involves writing and teaching a lot. The plan for January 2022 is a focus on SQL Server security. We’ve already collaborated and published one blog over at MinionWare.net: UNDERSTANDING SQL SERVER SECURITY: Secure xp_cmdshell with the Microsoft Master’s guide (in 4 not-so-easy […]

Prevent the next data breach – a MinionWare snippet

Dozens of major data breaches have occurred in the last fifteen years. Each one illustrates the massive cost – both in dollars and in reputation – of lax security. Consider: Uber in 2016 – Hackers downloaded more than 25 million drivers’ and customers’ personal information; the cover-up and resulting claims alone cost $148 million. Equifax […]