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

"Soft Skills" books

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

In my professional development presentation, I list the "soft skills" books that I have found most helpful in my career to date. You can find...

2012-04-16

1,589 reads

Re-thinking security for customer service

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

This morning my son woke up to find his eBook reader frozen. It wouldn't unlock. It was fully charged (the...

2012-04-12

1,272 reads

Why an employer should never ask about accessing your Facebook page

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

There's a brilliant piece of work posted as a fictitious resignation letter that gives some scenarios as to why an employer could...

2012-04-03

1,354 reads

Why you can't provide your Facebook credentials

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I know this isn't related to SQL Server, but it is related to security and privacy.
If an employer or...

2012-04-02

2,395 reads

T-SQL Tuesday #028 - I'm a Jack of All Trades, and Proud of It

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

If I wasn't, would I have proposed the following topic for several speaking chances, including SQLRally?

Being a specialist means you're...

2012-03-13

1,463 reads

SQL Saturday #110 - Tampa - The Dirty Business of Auditing Presentation Materials

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

For those who might want the materials for my presentation at SQL Saturday #110, I've posted them to the site.

SQL...

2012-03-10

1,053 reads

SC Midlands Chapter of ISACA - SQL Server Auditing Course Materials

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

If you attended my SQL Server Auditing course held for the SC Midlands Chapter of ISACA, I finally was able...

2012-03-09

1,332 reads

T-SQL Tuesday #028 - I'm a Jack of All Trades, and Proud of It

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

If I wasn't, would I have proposed the following topic for several speaking chances, including SQLRally?

Being a specialist means you're...

2012-03-06

1,227 reads

Speaking at oPASS on March 8th

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I will be at oPASS on March 8th (Thursday) in Orlando, Florida. I'll give a preview of the talk I'm giving...

2012-03-01

1,031 reads

New Article: Exploiting SQL Server via CONTROL SERVER permissions

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I have a new article up at MSSQLTips.com, covering what someone can do with CONTROL SERVER. Most folks know to...

2012-02-27

1,739 reads

Blogs

Restore SQL Server Database to an OrbStack Container

By MarlonRibunal

In the previous post, we've built a SQL Server 2025 sandbox in an OrbStack...

Day of Data Baton Rouge Slides and Code

Thanks to everyone for attending my talk today at Day of data Baton Rouge...

Using Claude Code as a Database SRE Agent with the Everpure Fusion MCP Server

By Anthony Nocentino

Here’s the scenario: one of my SQL Server instances migrated to the DR array....

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