Today’s #TipTuesday is a security tip to help administrators identify what exact permissions the SQL fixed database roles have, that start with rpt*. When granting access to some of Windows users or groups, admins want … (more)
Back in October last year, I posted a couple of articles around my recommendations and use of Two-Factor authentication. (Here’s part 1 and part 2 for those articles.) In my part 2 post, I indicated … (more)
Today’s #TipTuesday is a continuation of last week’s first post on Two Factor Authentication, 2FA for short. Today I am not getting into examples, as I found an interesting article last week after posting my … (more)
Today’s #TipTuesday is a topic that likely needs multiple posts to handle it properly. As I write this, it’s already long before I even get into examples and “how to” on common sites so this … (more)
Today’s #TipTuesday is short, but also related to a post from a couple of weeks ago where I posted what the minimum permissions required were for using GP Utilities. Coincidentally (or perhaps not?), last week … (more)
This wasn’t going to be a “Tip” post but it’s Monday night as I write this, so it’s now becoming this week’s #TipTuesday. Funny how deadlines work! 🙂 Late last week, I was working on … (more)
A recent scenario at a client got me thinking about security – or lack thereof – that exists at some clients for various reasons as well as the flip side of ridiculous security that was going … (more)