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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Log Buffer #22: A Carnival of the Vanities for DBAs

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Welcome to the 22nd edition of Log Buffer, a
weekly compendium of postings and news from database-related blogs across the...

2006-12-08

1,600 reads

Extreme Work

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

"The Productivity Pro" Laura Stack posted in her blog today about jobs where long hours are the norm:

'Extreme' jobs...

2006-12-05

1,487 reads

Guidance on Microsoft Certified Architect Submissions

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

For those considering the Microsoft Certified Architect program, some guidance on what to submit as documentation has been posted to...

2006-12-05

1,460 reads

Excellent post on encryption

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Laurentiu Cristofor has an excellent blog post, Who needs encryption?, which presents some point blank facts about encryption and the...

2006-12-01

1,653 reads

Implementing Encrypting File System (EFS) with SQL Server

by Brian Kelley

SQLServerCentral.com

Administration

EFS provides a mechanism for encrypting files completely transparent to higher level applications such as SQL Server. In this article by Brian Kelley, he shows you how to implement this type of security in your environment.