Despite the plentiful information in Books Online and on the official “SQL Server 2000 Security” document Microsoft offers online, setting up a truly secure SQL Server remains a difficult task ...

Microsoft has published the first Release Candidate of SQL Server 2025. RC0 introduces a number of notable new features, including official support for ...

SQL Server 2025 preview debuts with Ubuntu 24.04 support and TLS 1.3 encryption for stronger security and Linux flexibility.

SQL Server 2000 offers two security modes: Windows Authentication Mode and Mixed Mode. Windows Authentication Mode requires the user to be authenticated by NT or Win2K and is the new default for SQL ...

With SQL Server 2016, that is no longer a problem. Implementation Row-Level Security in SQL Server 2016 (and SQL Azure) is based on a specially crafted inline table valued function.

How to protect your database from SQL injection, data theft, rogue users, and well-meaning meddlers without tying your environment in knots Like so much of IT, database security requirements ...

SQL Server has a long list of roles for server, database, and applications that outline things like permissions, data selection and modification, and disk management. Examine how roles play a part ...

Sentrigo discovered a new security hole in SQL Server, but so far Microsoft isn't paying attention. Let me show you why they should Last week Sentrigo brought a security hole in SQL Server to my ...

SQL Server has come a long way in the past 5 years, though the history seems to linger. Let's look at the recent history and see what the story is with database vulnerabilities.

Examine the similarities and differences between Windows security and SQL Server security and you'll find that most of the concepts you already know from managing a network will map quite nicely ...

Additionally, Microsoft will subject SQL Server 2005 to the federal government’s Common Criteria certification from the National Security Agency. Common Criteria certification carries a more ...