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

Meme Monday: #SQLFamily

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Tom asks what #SQLFamily means to me. This is a hard one, not because of what #SQLFamily does for me,...

2011-11-07

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Presenting Tomorrow (Thursday) via Webinar - SQL Server Security

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I have the privilege of being able to give a webinar tomorrow, November 3, at 11 AM EDT. It will...

2011-11-02

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Understanding Kerberos, Part III

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Welcome back to both our Kerberos coverage and to another topic for SQL University's Security and Auditing Week. In today's...

2011-10-28

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Webinar on SQL Server Security on November 3, 2011

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I have the privilege of being able to give a webinar next Thursday, November 3, at 11 AM EDT. It...

2011-10-28

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SQL University: SQL Agent Jobs That Run at SQL Agent Start

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Welcome to Security week at SQL University. I apologize for the late start. However, if you want to do some...

2011-10-27

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Understanding Kerberos, Part II

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

The majority of the time, the problems I see with Kerberos are due to a bad SPN (Service Principal Name)...

2011-10-18

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Understanding Kerberos, Part I

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

A get a lot of questions where I work about Kerberos and how it works for SQL Server, whether we're...

2011-10-17

4,332 reads

Cloud? Chotto Matte Kudasai.

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

If you're not familiar with Chotto matte kudasai, it means "A moment, please," in Japanese. The cloud is big news....

2011-10-14

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Speaking at the 2011 Carolina Technology Conference

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

On Tuesday, October 18, 2011, I will be speaking at the Carolina Technology Conference in Columbia, SC. I'm scheduled for...

2011-10-14

1,407 reads

A Disturbing Trend: Government Sponsored Malware

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

It is understandable that nations may undertake operations against other nations. This is believed to be the origin of StuxNet...

2011-10-13

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PowerShell Strikes Back: A New Script

This is it. The final chapter of PowerShell Strikes Back. Over the past four...

Claude Desktop

Claude is more than a chat window. The desktop experience includes structured workspaces, generated...

PostgreSQL: Diagnosing and Fixing a Sequential Scan with No Filter Predicate

By Eduardo Pivaral

A sequential scan is not always a problem — PostgreSQL's planner often chooses one...

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