Data Privacy and Protection Robert Sheldon in Data Privacy and Protection Introduction to SQL Server Security — Part 1 Security is often considered the most important of a database administrator's responsibilities. SQL Server has many powerful features for security... 31 December 2018 14 min read
Software Delivery Mohammad Rizvi in Software Delivery Factors Behind Successfully and Repeatedly Executing Digital Transformation Programs at a Lightning Pace IT transformation projects often fail due to poor planning, poor communication and more. In this article, Mohammad Rizvi explains how... 18 December 2018 11 min read
BI Robert Sheldon in BI Power BI Introduction: Visualizing SQL Server Audit Data — Part 9 SQL Server Audit is a powerful feature that can help you comply with regulations such as HIPAA and SOX, but... 29 November 2018 21 min read
Data Privacy and Protection Robert Sheldon in Data Privacy and Protection SQL Server Auditing for HIPAA and SOX – Part 4 Regulations may require that you audit exactly who does what in your databases. Robert Sheldon explains how SQL Server can... 13 November 2018 13 min read
Data Privacy and Protection Robert Sheldon in Data Privacy and Protection SOX and Database Administration – Part 3 Database administrators are typically responsible for the security and availability of financial data. In this article, Robert Sheldon discusses SOX,... 24 October 2018 13 min read
Data Privacy and Protection Robert Sheldon in Data Privacy and Protection HIPAA and Database Administration – Part 2 HIPAA was signed into law in the United States in 1996. In this article, Robert Sheldon discusses how the act... 09 October 2018 13 min read
Software Delivery Afsana Atar in Software Delivery A Primer on Defect Management Defects in software can occur in any phase of the software creation process. The earlier and better they are managed,... 19 September 2018 21 min read
Data Privacy and Protection William Brewer in Data Privacy and Protection Fifty Different Ways to Enact Data Privacy Laws? Now that the GDPR has gone into effect, many are wondering what will happen in the United States. California is... 19 September 2018 13 min read
Data Privacy and Protection David Poole in Data Privacy and Protection Exhuming the GDPR Bodies Since the GDPR has gone into effect, the focus has often been on databases. There are many other ways that... 12 September 2018 20 min read
Data Privacy and Protection Rebecca Edwards in Data Privacy and Protection Questions About HIPAA That You Were Too Shy to Ask As a data professional or developer, you will likely have questions about how HIPAA impacts you and your day to... 04 September 2018 8 min read
Data Privacy and Protection Robert Sheldon in Data Privacy and Protection Introduction to HIPAA and SOX Despite the attention to data privacy and protection caused this year because of the GDPR, regulations governing how data is... 15 August 2018 12 min read
Data Privacy and Protection William Brewer in Data Privacy and Protection Information Security in Practice Along with the GDPR, regulations require that confidential data is protected and used properly. In this article, William Brewer discusses... 24 July 2018 13 min read
Testing Michael Sorens in Testing Go Unit Tests: Tips from the Trenches In this article, Michael Sorens describes unit testing for applications written in Go. While focused on Go, many of his... 20 July 2018 33 min read
Software Delivery Mohammad Rizvi in Software Delivery How to Successfully Deliver IT Projects in a Not-so-Agile Organization Agile methodology for software delivery is accepted at many organizations but is not used everywhere. In this article, Mohammad Rizvi... 17 July 2018 10 min read
Data Privacy and Protection William Brewer in Data Privacy and Protection How to be Accountable for Handling Personal Data The GDPR is in full effect but meeting the requirements may still be confusing for many companies. In this article,... 05 July 2018 16 min read
Data Privacy and Protection K. Brian Kelley in Data Privacy and Protection Principles of Data Protection Protecting data in SQL Server is not as simple as setting a few properties. While there are great security features... 26 June 2018 18 min read
Data Privacy and Protection K. Brian Kelley in Data Privacy and Protection Detecting Data Breaches Data breaches make the news on an almost daily basis. There is no turning back, however, as we are firmly... 12 June 2018 17 min read
PowerShell Nicolas Prigent in PowerShell Hyper-V and PowerShell: Shielded Virtual Machines In Windows Server 2016, Microsoft have implemented a strong security concept called Shielded Virtual Machines. Shielded VMs have been improved... 04 June 2018 13 min read
Data Privacy and Protection William Brewer in Data Privacy and Protection Data Governance, DevOps, and Delivery Data governance must be included in DevOps practices. William Brewer explains how to define business policies and standards to ensure... 31 May 2018 14 min read
PowerShell Robert Cain in PowerShell Create Azure VMs with PowerShell Part 2 The ability to quickly spin up a virtual machine is one of the great things about Azure. In this article,... 30 April 2018 16 min read
