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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Succint Article on Encypting File System (EFS)

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Encrypting File System, or EFS, first debuted in Windows 2000 and gave
users to encrypt files without a 3rd party tool....

2006-07-30

1,587 reads

Detecting SQL Server 2005 Properly

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

There is a new post in the SQL Server Express blog which indicates the
right way to detect SQL Server 2005:...

2006-07-29

1,474 reads

More SQL Server blogs

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

There is a new site for SQL Server blogs, SQLBlog.com. "Brought to you by Peter DeBetta & Adam Machanic," it has...

2006-07-29

1,317 reads

New Windows Vista Security Blog

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

If you're keeping up with Windows Vista and you're interested in the
security aspects of it, there's a new blog, with...

2006-07-29

1,391 reads

Connecting With Perl Using Win32 : ODBC

by Brian Kelley

SQLServerCentral.com

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Perl has been a popular language for Unix administrators for years. It is flexible, easy to learn, and capable of doing some very powerful things with relatively few lines of code. In this article by Brian Kelly, he shows you how to connect to SQL Server via Perl.