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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Speaking Twice on Oct 1, 2013

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Carolina Technology Conference:
To start things off, I'll be speaking in the morning at the Carolina Technology Conference. I have a...

2013-09-30

2,814 reads

Installing SQL Server 2008 on a machine with .NET Framework 4.0? Read this.

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

The SQL Server Premier Field Engineer blog has a post about an issue with installing SQL Server 2008 on a...

2013-09-23

2,066 reads

PASS BoD: I'm voting for Allen Kinsel

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

There are some very good names up for this year's PASS Board of Directors. However, I wanted to write a...

2013-09-23

2,383 reads

Don't Rush When It Comes to Privacy Data

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

The Dataloss list sent the following article through yesterday afternoon:

Obamacare Employee Accidentally Sends Out 2,400 Social Security Numbers

This is concerning,...

2013-09-17

2,224 reads

Why Government Required Backdoors Are a Bad Idea

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I've heard the argument, "I've got nothing to hide. If it helps them catch the next guy, I'm all for...

2013-09-17 (first published: 2013-09-11)

3,979 reads

Good Advice on "Certification"

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Buck Woody (blog | twitter) is often seen as one of the wise men of the SQL Server community and with...

2013-09-13 (first published: 2013-09-10)

2,639 reads

Database DoS Whitepaper from Securosis

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Securosis has released a whitepaper on their research with regards to database denial-of-service attacks. This whitepaper is platform agnostic. It...

2013-09-11

2,037 reads

Sometimes I don't understand Microsoft's vulnerability classifications

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Here's a great example:

MS13-079 - Vulnerability in Active Directory Could Allow Denial of Service (2853587)

Basically, this patches a vulnerability where an...

2013-09-10

1,882 reads