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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SQL Server security webinar series is coming soon!

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I've gotten in contact with most of the speakers who submitted SQL Server security talks for the PASS Summit. All...

2013-06-04 (first published: 2013-05-30)

2,540 reads

Notes from the First Day of the 2013 Techno Security Conference

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

The Techno Security & Forensics Security Conference is held in conjunction with the Mobile Forensic Conference each year in Myrtle Beach,...

2013-06-03

1,186 reads

SQL Saturday Charleston!

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Finally.... SQL Saturday has come back to... South Carolina! (with apologies to The Rock)

After the last SQL Saturday in Columbia,...

2013-05-30

1,910 reads

Security and SSIS webinar recording available

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

If you missed the webinar Andy Leonard (blog | twitter) and I presented today or you had technical difficulties, here's the...

2013-05-29

947 reads

SSIS Security Presentation today, May 29th

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Andy Leonard (blog | twitter) and I are teaming up to do a security presentation today on SSIS. It's scheduled for 11 AM...

2013-05-29

841 reads

You Must Cross Teams for Sound Security

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I've given a couple of security presentations recently where I talked about how you must keep track of how security...

2013-05-29

1,067 reads

DR planning article up at MSSQLTips!

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

My latest article is up at MSSQLTips.com:

Disaster Recovery Planning for Microsoft SQL Server - Getting Backups and Restores Right

For more of...

2013-05-23

839 reads

Giving an SSIS security webinar with Andy Leonard

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Andy Leonard (blog | twitter) and I are teaming up to do a security presentation on SSIS. It's scheduled for Wednesday, May...

2013-05-23

1,035 reads

Do you check to see if an SSIS package has been modified?

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Andy Leonard (blog | twitter) and I are putting together a presentation on protecting the entire ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) pipeline, specifically...

2013-05-22

2,706 reads

I'm thinking of hosting a series of webinars on SQL Server security

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

With the PASS Summit sessions announced, I took a quick look to see how many were what I'd consider security-centric....

2013-05-22

2,827 reads

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Brian Kelley

SQL Server security webinar series is coming soon!

Notes from the First Day of the 2013 Techno Security Conference

SQL Saturday Charleston!

Security and SSIS webinar recording available

SSIS Security Presentation today, May 29th

You Must Cross Teams for Sound Security

DR planning article up at MSSQLTips!

Giving an SSIS security webinar with Andy Leonard

Do you check to see if an SSIS package has been modified?

I'm thinking of hosting a series of webinars on SQL Server security

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Shifting Mindsets: Why FinOps is Essential for Cloud Efficiency

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