Nov 29, 2021 | Azure, Data Security, Databricks
By: Phillip Sharpless When building solutions with Azure Databricks (see my previous blog post on Databricks for a quick overview of the analytics service), it’s more than likely that the need to access secure data will arise. Access to some data may require...
Jun 5, 2021 | Cloud Technology, COVID-19, Data Security
By: Phillip Sharpless Securing Data in On-Prem to Cloud Migrations When an organization decides to take the plunge and migrate from on-premise to a cloud-based architecture, there can be a certain apprehension when it comes to security. Nobody doubts...
Aug 31, 2020 | Data Encryption, Data Security, SQL Server
By: Matt Wisor Data breaches cost U.S. businesses over 1.2 trillion dollars in 2019, according to a ForgeRock Consumer Identity Breach Report cited by Cyware Hacker News. With stakes so high it is no surprise that data security is one of the top...
Nov 13, 2019 | CCPA, Data Regulations, Data Security, GDPR
By: Paul Schuliger As we continue our series on data security, I want to talk about an important California “data” legislation that is going into effect on January 1, 2020. The legislation is called the California Consumer Privacy Act, or CCPA. ...
Oct 18, 2019 | Data Encryption, Data Security, Data Warehousing, healthcare, Tech Tips
By: Ken Adams Data security is a vital part of successful data warehousing and business intelligence today, and a critical step in successfully securing a data warehouse is implementing proper data security levels. From a legal perspective, related...
Oct 8, 2019 | Business Intelligence, Data Encryption, Data Security
By: Paul Schuliger What is Column Level Security? Column level security (CLS) is a useful tool for limiting access to specific data elements (or database columns) through data obfuscation. Data obfuscation masks the underlying data elements to avoid...
