Well obviously an in person SQL Saturday is not something we can easily do at the moment, but the virtual version that is being organised for Auckland next month is going to be really interesting.

Scheduled for 8th August 2020, we get the opportunity to have speakers from everywhere attend this local event. Because it’s virtual we can also have attendees from everywhere, so be sure to check it out.

I’m going to be doing some introduction into security in SQL Server, in particular running through different ways and reasons to implement database encryption. This stems from a session a few years back in Christchurch where one of the presenters made the throw away comment “It’s not about whether your database will be compromised, but when.” This is a little terrifying, but let’s say someone does get a hold of an old backup of a SQL Database – is that it? Is everything gone. I’m going to talk about how we can layer up defenses, so we first prevent people knowing about our SQL Servers, then do everything we can to stop them getting to them, and finally, how to make minimise the impact when it does happen.