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  • September 24, 2012 at 4:04 am

    #1541322

    Upgrade to SQL 2008 and use TDE on the database (Enterprise edition only). Otherwise 3rd party tool of some form (backup tool, password protected archiver, etc)

    The password on SQL backups is not secure, books online does make that point.

    Gail Shaw
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