Security Archives - Ballard Chalmers

Always Encrypted with Secure Enclaves for Azure SQL Database – Now Generally Available

18th August 2021
Leah Monterroso
Azure, Data, Feature Announcements, News, Security

Now released to general availability – always encrypted with secure enclaves increases confidential computing of Azure SQL. It helps to prevent sensitive data from being removed by rogue administrators, DBAs or cloud operators.

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Azure Active Directory Privileged Identity Management Integration with Azure Lighthouse

29th July 2021
Leah Monterroso
Azure, Feature Announcements, News, Security

Azure Active Directory Privileged Identity Management (Azure AD PIM) integration with Azure Lighthouse, brings us another step towards Zero Trust and least privilege access.

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Azure SQL Database Ledger

8th June 2021
Leah Monterroso
Azure, Data, Feature Announcements, News, Security, SQL Server

We are excited to hear about the release of Azure SQL Database Ledger as an alternate to blockchain. For enterprises with centralised systems who want the capability of proving data integrity, this should be a game-changer.

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Azure Updates – May Highlights

8th June 2021
Leah Monterroso
Azure, Feature Announcements, News, Security, Software Development

Azure updates have seen the normal flurry that surrounds Microsoft Build and there are a lot of interesting things to take note of. We are going to cover Azure Cosmos DB, DevOps, BI, AI and SQL separately but let’s take a look at a few Azure highlights here.

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Migrating SQL to Azure

10th May 2021
Geoff Ballard
Application Modernisation, Azure, Blog, Cloud Migration, Data, Security, SQL Server

Migrating SQL to Azure is an important part of the migration process providing security and cost benefits whether you choose a hybrid option or go all in.

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Upgrade From .NET Framework 4.5.2, 4.6 and 4.6.1

30th April 2021
Leah Monterroso
.NET, Application Modernisation, News, Security

Updates cease April 2022 for .NET Framework 4.5.2, 4.6 and 4.6.1, including technical support and security fixes. Upgrade now.

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Azure Defender for Storage – Improved Threat Detections

8th April 2021
Leah Monterroso
Azure, Data, Feature Announcements, News, Security

Azure Defender for Storage can detect potential threats on your blob containers, file shares and data lakes and in March, received some new capabilities.

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Annual Review of ISO 27001:2013 Passed with Flying Colours

We are thrilled to share that following our first year as an ISO 27001:2013 accredited company, we received our first audit and received 36 passes and 0 advisories or warnings. You can’t pass with high marks than that!

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Eight Ways to Maximize Value and Save Money with Azure Infrastructure

17th February 2021
Leah Monterroso
Application Modernisation, Azure, Blog, Business, Cloud Migration, Infographic, Security

Accelerating the adoption of cloud computing and taking advantage of modern cloud infrastructure with Azure will help you to enable remote work and optimize costs and efficiencies while investing in smart ways to prepare for recovery and future growth.

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Ballard Chalmers Renews Cyber Essentials Certificate

We are pleased to tell you we successfully renewed our Cyber Essentials certificate. This certificate confirms that we met the Cyber Essentials implementation profile and our ICT defences were assessed as satisfactory against commodity based cyber-attack.

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