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

ISACA Class: Auditing SQL Server in Every Way Possible

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

At this year’s TechnoSecurity and Digital Forensics Conference I gave a 1 hour presentation on auditing SQL Server. There were...

2018-08-09

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New at Simple-Talk: Principles of Data Protection

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

My latest article, Principles of Data Protection, has been published at Simple-Talk! I address the basic problem and how we...

2018-07-02

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I’m published at Simple-Talk!

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

My first article has gone live at Simple-Talk! Thanks to Aunt Kathi for the opportunity!
Detecting Data Breaches
I’m also still writing...

2018-06-12

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New Article: Return SQL Server Connections Information Using sys.dm_exec_connections

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I’ve started a new series at MSSQLTips.com walking through the various Dynamic Management Objects we have available to us in SQL...

2018-05-18

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Speaking at Idera’s Live Virtual Conference

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Have you heard about Idera’s Live Virtual Conference? It is being held on May 16, from 9 AM to 3...

2018-05-01

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Webinar: Auditing with Extended Events

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I’m giving a webinar today, April 5th, at 3 PM Eastern, on using Extended Events to audit your SQL Servers....

2018-04-05

332 reads

Webinar: Identify and Eliminate SQL Server Performance Issues

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I’m giving a webinar tomorrow, March 22, 2018, at 3 PM Eastern.
Free Registration Link
Here’s what I’ll be covering:
Are you struggling...

2018-03-21

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Speaking at the 2018 Techno Security and Digital Forensics Conference

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

One of my favorite conferences is held in Myrtle Beach, SC, in June. It’s a security and digital forensics conference which...

2018-03-01

312 reads

Settings Goals Professionally

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I was reminded of this topic after yesterday’s #SQLChat. Have you set professional goals for yourself? If so, have you...

2018-02-16 (first published: 2018-02-08)

2,067 reads

Tinker as You Learn

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

In recent weeks I’ve seen my brother from another mother, Andy Leonard (twitter | blog), write or post about his learning...

2018-02-09 (first published: 2018-01-24)

1,932 reads

Blogs

Audit – Security Compliance Frameworks (Part 1)

By Vinay Thakur

This blog series on Audit/Compliance/Security, this is first blog where we would discuss about...

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...

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Question of the Day

SQL Server Certificates

Which of these is not true for certificates used for SQL Server connections?

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