Cloud Customers Need to Secure Their Own Data
The key takeaway is that if you have your data in any cloud service, you must be as rigorous in securing that data as if it were in your own data center—and in some cases even more so.
Communication Breakdown: Avoiding Conflict with Your Customers
This post describes two kinds of situations where conflict is likely to occur if we don’t handle things well, along with some thoughts about how to avoid conflict in these and other instances.
SQL Server Data Encryption Options
These days it’s only a matter of time before our firewalls or access controls are breached. Then what? In a multi-tiered security strategy, data encryption is a critical next line of defense.
Oracle Data Encryption Options
Oracle offers various authentication and audit features to protect data from unauthorized access. But what about data at rest in operating system files, backups or other storage media?
Lock the Safe—Secure the Database
You are going away on a much-needed vacation to Aruba. You will only be gone for a week. But you understand the importance of security, so you make sure you lock the windows and doors. You put the lights on a timer so would-be thieves think there is some activity in the house. You cancel […]
GDPR Right to Be Forgotten and Other Access Rights
To ease compliance with Article 15, 16, and 17 of GDPR, and to support compliance with other GDPR Articles, we recommend the following steps with regard to handling of personal data.
Database Patch News — November 2019 (Issue 1)
Welcome to Database Patch News, Buda Consulting’s monthly newsletter of current patch information for Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server. Here you’ll find information on available patches—including security patches—and desupported versions made available during the past month.
Donuts and Data Backups
This is the story of a data loss event that changed my young life and put my feet on the path of becoming a DBA.
Why Your Database Management Team Should Regularly Double-Check Your Backups
I’ve blogged before about the importance of checking database backups. Over 90% of new clients that we assess have backups that are either incomplete or totally unusable (true statistic!). The following story of a backup failure that happened recently—and the successful double-check by our DBA Scott)—provides a noteworthy example of how bad backups can happen […]
An Overlooked Oracle Management Task—Support Identifier Management
An often overlooked task that can cause problems outside of your RDBMS environment is managing your Oracle customer support identifiers (CSIs). This post offers best practices to prevent CSI-related issues.
