Brian is back with a new security article, this time working through the details of the fixed database roles. There are some important concepts here. In particular if you're not totally clear on the difference between dbo and db_owner, read this article.
2019-09-18 (first published: 2003-12-12)
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Why do stored procedures help with security? In this piece, MVP Brian Kelley explains why SQL Injection and information gathering are hampered with stored procedures.
2015-06-12 (first published: 2013-02-18)
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SQL Server MVP Brian Kelley brings us a great new article that solves a problem that might help your security. In this short piece, we learn how we can use logon triggers to block users based on their IP address.
2013-11-08 (first published: 2009-03-09)
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Longtime author Brian Kelley brings us a new article on security and Kerberos authentication in SQL Server.
2011-03-28 (first published: 2008-12-11)
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Day 3 of Security Week at SQL University is now in session. You're implementing a third party solution and you...
2011-02-11
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Welcome to this semester's security week at SQL University. In previous semesters we've covered the technical aspects of SQL Server...
2011-02-08
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Cross-posted from a Goal Keeping DBA blog:
Just recently, my oldest son entered the ranks of the teenagers. I shouldn’t actually...
2010-12-10
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After seeing several cases in the past couple of months where I felt the basics of troubleshooting were violated, I...
2010-12-07
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Self-marketing is not my strong suit. I don't feel very comfortable doing it, but Andy Warren (twitter | blog) suggests that we...
2010-11-01
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Members of the securityadmin role can escalate to sysadmin rights. Here's how to restrict them back to 2000 levels.
2010-09-02
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By Steve Jones
SQL Saturday Austin 2025 is in just a few days. I am honored to...
By Steve Jones
I’ve been using the SSMS preview for v21. This is the next evolution of...
In the blog post Call a Fabric REST API from Azure Data Factory I...
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I finally got the PowerQuery source to "show" in SSIS (so I can see...
I have a long running backup of the Sales database during a maintenance window that is going to take another 2 hours to complete on SQL Server 2022. I also need to perform some proactive work and add another file (ndf) to the Sales database to handle the expected growth of the next month. Can I do both simultaneously?
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