What to monitor for SQL Server security

Keeping databases secure is critical. In this article, Robert Sheldon explains what to monitor for SQL Server security.

Password Policy

Altering Database Roles

Checking for Database Events Using Extended Events and SQL Monitor

You need to make sure that nobody tampers with your production databases, or really any databases outside Development. Even if you weren't of a nervous disposition, you'd want to know if a database was stopped or removed. You'd also be intrigued by the sudden unrehearsed addition of a database to a production server.

SQL Server Security Best Practices for an Application Installed on SQL Server

In this article we look at the steps you can follow to create a secure and locked down instance of SQL Server to only be used by the intended application on the same machine.

Moving a Default Schema

Introduction to SQL Server Security — Part 6

SQL Server has many tools used to make it secure. In this article, Robert Sheldon demonstrates several of these features including SQL Server Configuration Manager and the Vulnerability Assessment tool.

Introduction to SQL Server Security — Part 6

SQL Server has many tools used to make it secure. In this article, Robert Sheldon demonstrates several of these features including SQL Server Configuration Manager and the Vulnerability Assessment tool.

DBAs: Stop Denying Sysadmin to Developers

Kendra Little explains why DBAs don't allow sysadmin permissions in development, and why, it at all possible, they should.

SQL Vulnerability Assessment

SQL Vulnerability Assessment is a feature available in the latest versions of SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS). This feature is very easy to use and it will show you...