Brian Kelley

Brian Kelley is an author, columnist, and Microsoft SQL Server MVP focusing primarily on SQL Server security. He is a contributing author for How to Cheat at Securing SQL Server 2005 (Syngress), Professional SQL Server 2008 Administration (Wrox), and Introduction to SQL Server (Texas Publishing). Brian currently serves as an infrastructure and security architect. He has also served as a senior Microsoft SQL Server DBA, database architect, developer, and incident response team lead.

Interests: Chess, Reading, Soccer (Football), Baseball, Animals, Theology

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June Midlands PASS Meeting Canceled

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

We are canceling the June Midlands PASS meeting because the speaker (me) is still under the weather. I'll post in...

2007-06-07

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SQL Server Auditing - Part 1

by Brian Kelley

SQLServerCentral.com

Security

Our SQL Server Security expert, Brian Kelley, brings us the first part of a new series on auditing. Most of the auditing articles we've had are based on how you audit changes to data. Brian looks at auditing from the server itself, explaining the different levels of auditing built into SQL Server 2000.

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2007-06-01 (first published: 2004-08-05)

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Midlands PASS Chapter Meeting for June 6, 2007

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Our next meeting will be on Thursday, June 7th, at
6:30 PM. Training Concepts will once again be our gracious...

2007-05-29

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Volunteering

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I've spent my spare time the last few weekends helping a non-profit called Fast Forward here in the Columbia, SC...

2007-05-21

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SQL Server Security: Server Roles

by Brian Kelley

SQLServerCentral.com

Administration

As yo probably know, Brian covers security topics for us and does a great job. This week he looks at the fixed roles and points out a few things you may not have thought about.

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2007-05-04 (first published: 2003-10-29)

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Midlands PASS Chapter Meeting Tonight

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Our next
meeting will be on Thursday, May
3rd, at 6:30 PM. Training Concepts will once again be our
gracious host....

2007-05-03

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Keeping Skills Up-to-Date and Discoverability

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

One thing is always certain about information technology: there is always change. This past week I was pitching in on...

2007-04-23

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Auditing with SQL Profiler

by Brian Kelley

SQLServerCentral.com

Administration

SQL Server includes a great auditing tool: Profiler. It's not the easiest tool to use, however, and it's one that takes some getting used to. Our resident security export, Brian Kelley looks at a simple example of using this tool to audit logins.