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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Setting Static Ports when dealing with Named Instances and Kerberos

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I ran across this a week or so ago. There were a couple of SQL Servers running named instances that...

2008-05-17

10,888 reads

Command and Control of the Data Center

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

As I went walking last night, I listened to two podcasts from RunAs Radio of interviews of Michael Manos and...

2008-05-16

1,100 reads

Give Back: Donate Your Hair for Children in Need

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

While this will remain a primarily technical blog, one thing I'm going to try and add is each Saturday I'll...

2008-05-16

752 reads

Midlands PASS May Meeting - Speaker Brian Knight

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Speaker: SQL Server MVP Brian Knight
The Midlands PASS chapter will hold a special meeting on...

2008-05-15

643 reads

Thoughts on SQL Saturday in Jacksonville

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I was able this Saturday to head down to Jacksonville and speak at the SQL Saturday there. There were a...

2008-05-07

732 reads

Off-topic: The Citadel Honors Class That Did Not Graduate

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

The purpose of The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina, is to prepare South Carolina's citizen soldiers. It is...

2008-05-02

887 reads

Recent slate of IIS attacks - more info

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

The recent slate of attacks on IIS servers don't seem to be an attack directly against IIS or against SQL...

2008-04-26

2,206 reads

SQL Server 2005 Logins

by Brian Kelley

SQLServerCentral.com

Security

Security was a major focus of SQL Server 2005 during its development, both in terms of making the product secure as well as enhancing the options. Security expert Brian Kelley brings us a look at how the paradigm of logins has changed and what you need to look for in SQL Server 2005.