SQL tuning is hard, but taking the right steps to improve your query performance tuning can lead you to an efficient, timely and correct course of action. You'll learn how to best find which SQL to tune, get the execution plan, gather table and...
Are you an accidental DBA and don’t know where to start? We're here to help. And you aren’t alone. A recent SolarWinds survey showed most people responsible for database performance and tuning don’t have the title “DBA.” From logging to alerts...
Today, more than a billion people around the world use payment cards to support commercial transactions. The use of these payment cards represents an enormous opportunity for businesses to increase sales at the counter as well as through rapidly...
If businesses want to avoid ending up on the wrong side of a breach, they will likely need to increase their security measures, particularly around threat detection. Until recently, many software tools on the market that can help businesses detect...
Why should an IT or security professional care about compliance? The answer is a well-designed compliance program can improve overall IT and security efficiency while saving time and energy otherwise spent remediating audit failures or gaps...
Whether your audit process is driven by GDPR, PCI DSS, HIPAA, or SOX (or all four), detailed reporting is a critical success factor for compliance. Knowing and reporting on data access is essential for regulatory compliance. Unfortunately...
The flexibility of today’s working world requires a well thought-through user provisioning process. Whether for a new user, a short-term assignment, department changes or temporary projects, the expectations of an IT group are to accurately and...
Cyberattacks are at an all-time high, with cybercriminal organizations looking for new and innovative ways to improve attack success rates and generate more “revenue” with each attack. Also, of increasing concern is the insider; whether malicious...
