The latest batch of data breaches at Target and Neiman-Marcus have raised a crescendo of concern in the media and among individuals that is certainly justified but sometimes a little off base. In particular, there’s confusion over the distinction between online privacy and online security. Some of...
When thinking about doing business in the cloud, security is always top of mind. As cloud technology matures and its adoption becomes more mainstream, security concerns about cloud-based software and data are shifting from shrill panic to practical embrace. When working through security issues in any...
Platform-as-a- Service (PaaS) is gaining widespread acceptance as a way to deploy packaged software and build new applications without the overhead of a development environment. While enterprise adoption of PaaS is growing, many of the advantages and best practices used to achieve success with PaaS...
Did you catch my previous post on how premium database drivers can improve performance? Well, today I’ll be continuing the blog series and delving into another huge benefit of premium drivers: risk...