Anything and Everything IT: Protecting the Crown Jewels & Your Butt!

Thursday, February 28, 2008

Protecting the Crown Jewels & Your Butt!

Canberra SQL Server User Group Invite

Welcome to the first SQL Server User Group meeting for the year. A little late starting due to my move to Brisbane, but we've already got some great sessions lined up for the months ahead.

First off some important information about meeting times and location.

The User Group will no longer be meeting at the Microsoft Office in Barton. We have moved back into the city and will be hosting meetings at Excom Education (See meeting invitation for address details). We will also be meeting on the first Tuesday of the month so that we no longer clash with the Sydney SQL Server User Group and starting 30 minutes later (5:30pm) to give people more time to get from work.

One of the reasons for moving to Excom is that I am hoping to run Instructor Lead Labs (ILL's) ever quarter so that members can play with new technologies in a virtual environment; instead of just hearing about them.

Now to this month's session. The title is a bit unusual but as most of us know, it's all about protecting your data (and your job!) and critical corporate data, the 'crown jewels' of a business, has never been at greater risk.

Most organisations have ensured that their systems are locked down from external threats, but are usually unaware that the majority of data theft and misuse is carried out inside these barriers. In this month's session, you will learn about the data security threat, external auditing standards that may apply to your organisation and how to reduce the risk and protect your butt.

Tony Finnemore (SQL Tools) will review the native security features of SQL Server 2005 and 2008, plus the various methods that are available to monitor and audit SQL Server activity.

SQL Tools have also offered up a permanent SQLsecure license with 12 months maintenance (valued at AU$1,788) as a door prize so be sure to come along to see a great session and for a chance to win this fabulous prize. More information about SQLsecure can be found at http://www.sqltools.com.au/products/sqlsecure.htm.

Hope you can join us and I look forward catching up with.

Jeff

Meeting Details

When: 4th March 2008
Where: Excom Education Canberra - Level 2, 33-35 Ainslie Avenue, Canberra City
Duration: Catering from 5:30PM for a 6:00PM Start
Registration: www.sqlserver.org.au

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