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

Presenting for the new PASS Security Virtual Chapter on July 18

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

The PASS Security virtual chapter is up and running thanks to the hard work of Argenis Fernandez (blog | twitter) and...

2013-07-17

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Dealing with Auditors: Password Settings

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Yet again I've seen an audit request where the auditor wants the DBA to show what SQL Server's settings are...

2013-06-19

8,228 reads

Update Your Audit Queries for SQL Server

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I was working with an auditor today who is working through a system with an external audit agency. The external...

2013-06-13

2,132 reads

Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and Data Encryption

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Hitting close to home, SC Governor Nikki Haley noted that after the SC Department of Revenue breach was reported, that the IRS didn't...

2013-06-07

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Why Anti-Virus Offers Limited Protection

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Sitting in the first Keynote for the 2013 Techno Security and Forensics Investigation Conference, I was not surprised to hear Kevin...

2013-06-06

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From the 2013 Techno Security Conference - Cloud Computing and Digital Forensics

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I'm processing through my notes for the 2013 Techno Security Conference, which is finishing up today with post-cons. Of all...

2013-06-05

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Notes from 2013 Techno Security Conference Tuesday Keynote

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

There's enough from this morning's 2013 Techno Security and Forensics Investigation Conference to split into multiple blog posts. I'll focus this...

2013-06-04

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SQL Server security webinar series is coming soon!

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I've gotten in contact with most of the speakers who submitted SQL Server security talks for the PASS Summit. All...

2013-06-04 (first published: 2013-05-30)

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Notes from the First Day of the 2013 Techno Security Conference

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

The Techno Security & Forensics Security Conference is held in conjunction with the Mobile Forensic Conference each year in Myrtle Beach,...

2013-06-03

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SQL Saturday Charleston!

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Finally.... SQL Saturday has come back to... South Carolina! (with apologies to The Rock)

After the last SQL Saturday in Columbia,...

2013-05-30

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Blogs

Advice I Like: Respect

“Don’t aim to have others like you; aim to have them respect you.” –...

Blue Sky Programming – The Optimism Trap

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Many years ago, before I joined Oracle, I was working on a major modernisation...

Setting Up a Mac for Data Engineering and AI Work

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If you work with data pipelines, SQL, notebooks, or machine learning models, a Mac...

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Question of the Day

BIT_COUNT I

In SQL Server 2025, I have a table (dbo.UserPermission) that contains this data:

UserID  UserPermissions
15
23
37

What is returned when I run this code:

select bit_count(UserPermissions) as PermissionCount
from dbo.UserPermission
where UserID = 3;

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