Three best practices for reducing the risk of SQL injection attacks

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	Three best practices for reducing the risk of SQL injection attacks This column is available in a weekly newsletter called IT Best Practices.  Click here to subscribe.  SQL injection attacks have been around for more than 10 years. Database security experts know they are a serious problem. Now a recently unsealed Second Superseding Indictment against a notorious group of Russian and Ukrainian hackers shows just how damaging this type of attack can be.The indictment provides a long list of companies that have suffered costly data breaches where the root cause has proven to be a SQL injection. According to the indictment:To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More WEBCAST: IBM Reinventing Storage Efficiency! Live event: Tuesday, June 17, 2014 1 PM ET / 12 PM CT / 10 AM PT What if you could reduce your storage costs by half? Attend this webcast to hear how you can maximize the economics of your data center by modifying your storage footprint and power usage using Flash Storage, and to learn how IBM is accelerating storage efficiency. Register Now In this Issue HP CIO Ramon Baez sees your future in the cloud INSIDER IT grads get to know GE The 12 biggest gaffes by high-tech execs Does the data center need an OS? Why database monitoring may, or may not, secure your data How to Clean Up Your IT Resume This IT worker had to train an H-1B replacement WHITE PAPER: LogMeIn The State of the Web Conferencing Market Businesses today are experiencing landmark shifts. The emergence of mobile, social, and virtual communications is creating more distributed and real-time work environments. User demand for collaborative tools is growing exponentially. The adoption of Web conferencing is triggered by three key drivers. Read this Frost&Sullivan report to learn more. Read Now HP CIO Ramon Baez sees your future in the cloud In this Q&A, Baez explains how CIOs can make the most from the cloud and big data. Read More INSIDER IT grads get to know GE At GE, a global IT recruiting program helps bring new computer science graduates into the company and expose them to different facets of the business.Computer science graduates rotate through four different IT assignments during a two-year program at General Electric. Read More WHITE PAPER: Damballa Finding Advanced Threats Before They Strike Enterprise security teams are on a high state of alert to keep up with ever-morphing advanced threats. This SANS Institute review shows how Damballa Failsafe can be the first and last line of defense. Read Now The 12 biggest gaffes by high-tech execs The 'oops!' heard 'round the worldLate last week, Apple CEO Tim Cook tweeted a photo of himself touring a Texas factory that produces Mac Pros. Nothing special, right? Until you looked behind him and spied a pair of iMacs running Windows. Oops.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More Does the data center need an OS? Some may, others don't. But everyone can benefit from automation Read More WHITE PAPER: Network Instruments Your Guide to Troubleshooting VoIP Real-time voice communications are sensitive to delay and variation in packet arrival times. This paper guides you through the essentials of VoIP troubleshooting, including common problems as well as the metrics you should employ to fix and prevent them. Learn More Why database monitoring may, or may not, secure your data A majority of IT security pros believe that continuous monitoring of the database network is the best approach to prevent large-scale breaches like the ones that occurred at retailers Target, Michaels and Neiman Marcus, a study showed. Read More How to Clean Up Your IT Resume As spring comes to a close, it's an ideal time to clear the clutter from your resume. It's key to make sure you present only relevant, current information in the most attractive way possible. Here, three experts weigh in on what to toss out and what to keep. Read More This IT worker had to train an H-1B replacement U.S. workers protested job losses to foreign workers by displaying American flags in their cubicles Read More
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