Category Archives: infosec
Interview with Connor McDonald.
My interview with Connor McDonald, part of the AskTom team, we talk about everything from robotics, the Commodore 64 to the Cloud Perth born and breed, support nice guy. #Growthmindset #KeepLearning #Success
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Interview with Steven Feuerstein.
From punch cards to Oracle 19c. Author, Oracle developer advocate, PL/SQL guru and all around nice guy. My interview with Steven Feuerstein. #GrowthMindset #KeepLearning #Success
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Interview with Chris Saxon.
#Oracle #Success #Growthmindset #KeepLearning Sarandipity, don’t accept magic, and keep learning.
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interview with Flora Barriele. An incredible young lady who is doing amazing things.
#GrowthMindset #Success #Oracle
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My interview with Cary Millsap.
Oracle #Performance #GrowthMindset Smart and all around nice guy.
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Interview with Debra Lilley
Interview with Debra Lilley, We get to discuss how she got into IT, advice to university students, and STEM. I’m still having some audio issues, there seems to be an echo in the audio. #oracle #learn #growthmindset #curious #ACED #STEM
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Interview with Milena Gerova with the Bulgarian Oracle Users Group
Milena Gerova and I discuss the growth of the Bulgarian Oracle Users Group / BGOUG /, some of the challenges she’s faced, what she looks for in a team member and other exciting things. Now, us southerners are proud of our Hospitality; … Continue reading
Interview with #Oracle ACE Director, OCM, and member of the Oak Table Network Kamil Stawiarski
Kamil is passionate about IT, Oracle Databases, and information security. Kamil will be talking about how he got into IT, what challenges he’s facing, and what it takes to succeed. Tune in Friday March 27th at 1430 (GMT-5)
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Finland Security Meetup 2020
Tuesday February 4th 2020 there will be a security meetup in Helsinki Finland. I will be there speaking on Secure coding and the impact of emerging technology will have on security. Julian Dontcheff will be speaking on “The Power of … Continue reading
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#Oracle Database Application #Security book is finally out. #infosec #encryption #audit #SecureCoding #PrivilegeAnalysis #OID #OAM #OIM
https://www.amazon.com/Oracle-Database-Application-Security-Directory/dp/1484253663/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=oracle+database+lockard&qid=1573050833&sr=8-1 It’s been a year long process now the book is finally been released. There are a few things I would have written different and a few other subjects I would have liked to cover. Perhaps that will come in … Continue reading
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Emerging Technology Security Day 2019
Between ongoing data breaches and emerging technologies constantly coming out, you need to ask the question. “Is my information secure?” On October 11th we will be hosting a security day with Oracle Corporation in Reston Virginia. When: October 11, 2019 … Continue reading
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Schema Only Accounts. #infosec #DatabaseSecurity
Schema only accounts. There is no good reason for anyone to connect to an application schema as the owner. In Oracle 18c, we now have schema only accounts. Okay, I had to double check if this was available on 12c … Continue reading
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“Free cheese is only in the mousetrap” #DataPrivacy #InformationSecurity #DeepFake
#DataPrivacy, #InformationSecurity all require critical thinking. Sadly, there is not a lot of that going around these days. People are purposely sending photos to have them aged without vetting the company they are going to. We are now have #DeepFakes … Continue reading
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On the road again. #QRS19 in Sofia Bulgaria. Secure Database Design
On Monday July 22 I will be speaking at IEEE International Conference on Software Quality, Reliability, and Security. https://qrs19.techconf.org/ This is going to be a two hour tutorial on designing and coding a secure database system. I see a lot … Continue reading
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Don’t fall for that scam. #crime #FinancialCrime #crook #con
If you get a message like this, don’t call back, hang up the phone. This is a scam. Police will not call you, they’ll knock on your door. Remember, a crooks primary goal is to separate you from your hard … Continue reading
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Secure your insecure information
Make sure your private information is not exposed. Your disk still has all your information even if you delete the data. When you delete information from your disk, what happens is the index pointing to your data is deleted, your … Continue reading
May, June, and July – 2019 Crazy busy. :-)
This year has been busy, and I don’t see it slowing down anytime soon. Life is good. The my chapters are all finally in for the Database Security book, now it’s time to edit. After reading the audit chapter, I’m … Continue reading
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Heli From Finland – Full Stack Developers Conference
I’m going back to my speaking roots in May. Oracle Users Group Finland gave me my first opportunity to speak on database security many years ago. This year we’ll see some of my favorite speakers in Helsinki. First up, Heli … Continue reading
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Spring Conference Season. What’s coming.
This is my favorite time of the year. The weather is starting to get warm, the sun is shining, and my passport is in my pocket. We are in for a special treat. I had the pleasure to meet Olesya … Continue reading
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Don’t be a victim. #FinancialCrimes
I learned this morning a dear friends elderly relatives received a number of calls from someone claiming to be from their bank. I won’t go into all the issues; however there are some things everyone should be aware of. BTW: … Continue reading
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Scams and criminals #infosec
This morning I learned of a young friend who was scammed out of some money online. Things like this always make me angry and I did not think I would ever have to post something like this because we all … Continue reading
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Writing a book. #WhatIDontKnow #quicktip
The book I’m currently working on is a technical book on Database Application Security. While writing, I frequently find myself trying to explain something and I can’t quite come up with a good explanation. This normally indicates I don’t understand … Continue reading
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A common #infosec error in @Oracle applications #DBA granted to application account
I’ve been doing this a long time, and there two infosec errors that I keep seeing. Granting DBA to an application and people using the application account. The problem of granting DBA to an application account is compounded when people … Continue reading
@Oracle expdp / impdp #encryption #QuickTip #infosec #CommonMistakes
When using ENCRYPTION_PASSWORD with expdp and impdp, your history file (ie .bash_history) will store the password in plain text and if you’re sending the password over the wire, your network better be encrypted.!!!!!
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2018 It was a wild year – Filled up my #passport
It’s been a wild and crazy year. I could write this about all the data breaches we had in 2018, that would be too depressing. Instead I’m going to focus my favorite cities I filled up my passport and now … Continue reading