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Glad to Report I wasn't Hacked on my Vacation



Seriously...

But I am reviewing database security protocols, starting with this article from Oracle

Securing data is the first thing every Data Architect thinks about when setting up a new database, but systems degrade over time, and security becomes more complex, the more data we have.


Snowflake, my database of choice, is particularly challenging because

  • It is cloud-only

  • Is accessible to the internet

  • Requires trust relationships with cloud providers.

Checklists are an excellent method to establish consistency and quality on a repeated process. Security is not a "set it and forget it" process and requires continual diligence and adaptation to change. In that way, it is fundamentally agile: You better be able to respond to change, because the security profile of your data is changing all the time.


In my new initiative, I will be outlining practical checklist and automated methods for Snowflake Data Security including:


  1. Assessment - Build actionable reports on the current state of your data security

  2. Detection - How can you automate intrusion detection

  3. Prevention - How to prevent unauthorized access to data

  4. Data Security - Secure the data at the fundamental levels

  5. User Authentication - Validating the identity of users

  6. User Authorization - Defining Roles and Privileges of users and Groups

It's a large checklist and one I'm hoping will keep me busy writing and learning. Hope you enjoy following me.



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