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OSCon 2008 Video: Josh Berkus' Safe Data is Happy Data

Posted August 9th, 2008 by sheeri

Josh Berkus' "Safe Data is Happy Data" (originally entitled "Lock Up Your Data") goes talks about defense in depth -- going beyond firewalls and other "perimeter defense" mechanisms such as middleware and web server tools. Berkus explains "full-stack security" including preventing SQL injection, data abstraction, database permissions, and even what to do after an attack.

Stream directly online at http://technocation.org/node/591/play or download the 346 Mb .wmv file at .

From the official OSCon description:

"While examples will be based on PHP & PostgreSQL, they should be applicable to other platforms."

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