SQL Server Security Best Practices
Learn how to secure your data by implementing SQL Server security best practices.
2001-09-20
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Security
Using Java to Encrypt Passwords
Lots of applications store user names and passwords in the database. This article presents a method for encypting this information using Java.
2001-07-19
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2001-07-19
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Encrypting Data With the Encrypt Function
One of the major problems in the database field is when people store sensitive data unencrypted into SQL Server. This article shows you one of the most basic ways to encrypt data to the casual viewer.
2007-09-22 (first published: 2001-07-17)
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Security Alerts and Information
A new security alert affecting SQL Server was released on June 12, 2001
2001-06-14
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2001-06-14
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2001-05-25
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Removing NT Administrators as Sysadmins
By default, all NT administrators of the domain that your SQL Server is installed in, have SA rights in every database. This presents interesting challenge for DBAs, political and technical. Does your NT administrator group need SA rights to every database? The answer is no.
2001-05-25
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More About the Fixed Database Roles
This article by Andy Warren provides an introduction to some of the fixed database roles and things to consider when using them.
2001-05-17
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Securing Your SQL Server
Poorly managed SQL Server Security can not only leave your SQL Server vulnerable, but also leave your NT Server and network open to attacks.
2001-05-14
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Blogs
SQL Server Security – TDE Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
Transparent Data Encryption(TDE): TDE was initially introduced in SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition; this...
A Las Vegas Break
By Steve Jones
Only a little break for me. I’m actually heading to Las Vegas today for ...
Finding Balance: Things Will Come Up
By Steve Jones
I have a presentation on finding balance in your career that got quite a...
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Identities and Sequences III
When thinking of the Identity property for auto incrementing columns and sequences for the same action, which can be used with the BIGINT data type?
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