Defending the database

Abstract

Where have all the worms gone? Not too long ago, new malware was making its way around the world on a very regular basis. Headlines on technology sites excitedly and incessantly warned us about the wrath of Code Red, Slammer, Sober, Netsky, Nimda, ILoveYou and their equally oddly-named brethren. Happily it's been a while since a worm or virus paralysed systems on a wide scale. But unhappily, critical data has never been more at risk.