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

Midlands PASS Meeting Tonight!

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Next Meeting - April 2, 2009
SPEAKER:Paul S. Waters
During Paul’s 16 years of working in IT, he has held a variety of...

2009-04-02

688 reads

SQL Server Authentication Modes and Surface Area Test

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

One of the videos I did for JumpStart TV is up on the front page:
SQL Server Authentication Modes
It is an...

2009-03-16

1,138 reads

Microsoft March Security Bulletin Release

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

This month there were 3 security bulletins released and 1 re-released:
Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for March 2009
First, let's tackle the...

2009-03-10

1,199 reads

[Off-Topic] Eleven Year-Old Making a Difference

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Those who know me personally know that I grow my hair out to donate for kids. I have donated a...

2009-03-09

1,015 reads

Adobe Flash Player Update Available

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

There is an Adobe Flash Player available to address a security issue. The bulletin shows as being released February 24,...

2009-03-06

1,318 reads

CONTROL SERVER vs. sysadmin membership

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

In a previous blog post on Detecting When a Login Has Implicit Access to a Database, I mentioned that having...

2009-03-06

13,005 reads

Three Operating System (Windows) patches due on Tuesday

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Microsoft's advance security bulletin has come out and it looks like they are planning on releasing 3 security bulletins on...

2009-03-06

690 reads

Owning an Object in SQL Server 2005/2008

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

One of the things that we have to re-learn when going from SQL Server 2000 to 2005/2008 is that objects...

2009-03-04

6,663 reads

A Security Control Inconsistently Applied Is Not a Control

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Some things and readings today reminded me of this: a security control inconsistently applied is not a control. The whole...

2009-02-27

2,821 reads

First Impressions of the Kindle 2

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

As I blogged about previously, I had decided to go ahead and pre-order the Kindle 2. It was slated for...

2009-02-27

1,542 reads

Blogs

Finding Balance: Things Will Come Up

I have a presentation on finding balance in your career that got quite a...

Who Are You Doing It For?

By Brian Kelley

But as I've matured over the years, I came to realize that I needed...

Presenting Twice in May 2026

I will be presenting my latest session, Documenting Your Work for Worry-Free Vacations, in-person...

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Forums

Radius Latitude Longitude

I have a table with latitude longitude in the format. 45.123456 , -111.123456 ,...

degree of parallelism

Team, I'm trying to figure out what will be the best recommendation to configure...

A Fun Computer Quote

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A Fun Computer Quote

Which movie featured this quote?

"All programs have a desire to be useful."

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