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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Architecture Reasons for Putting BLOBs in the Database

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I was participating in a Twitter Chat looking at what suggestions and recommendations for developer on how to make the...

2013-10-24

5,044 reads

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

2,816 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

2,071 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

2,386 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

2,227 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)

3,985 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)

2,642 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

2,041 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

1,883 reads

Good Intro Podcast on Hadoop

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Have you heard about Hadoop but don't know much about it? What about "big data?" Would you like an intro...

2013-09-09 (first published: 2013-09-03)

2,111 reads

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Brian Kelley

Architecture Reasons for Putting BLOBs in the Database

Speaking Twice on Oct 1, 2013

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

PASS BoD: I'm voting for Allen Kinsel

Don't Rush When It Comes to Privacy Data

Why Government Required Backdoors Are a Bad Idea

Good Advice on "Certification"

Database DoS Whitepaper from Securosis

Sometimes I don't understand Microsoft's vulnerability classifications

Good Intro Podcast on Hadoop

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