1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 First we had the Solarwinds hack, and now we have a Kaseya ransomware epidemic. It seems the criminals are moving up the stack. We used to see physical attacks on tapes and keyboards, then we saw OS level attacks. Now we seem to be getting to the management layer for software that is used to help us run systems at scale. Since we often require some level of privileged access for monitoring and management systems, this is scary. I certainly wish that we didn't require admin access for monitoring, but unfortunately platforms sometimes do. Many of us depend on some standardization and some sort of software to ensure we can manage systems at scale. I don't know about the OS world, but in the SQL Server world, there are relatively few vendors that provide software for managing systems. If one of these were compromised in some way, this could be very bad for many database administrators. Fortunately, many of us know how to air gap backups and ensure that we are prepared for disasters. Read the rest of The Danger of Management Access Voice of the DBA http://www.voiceofthedba.com <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/19861094/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/item/19861094