Overview On September 10, NSFOCUS CERT detected that Microsoft released the September Security Update patch, fixing 86 security issues involving widely used products such as Windows, Microsoft Office, ...

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. In ...

Microsoft has fixed over 80 vulnerabilities including two publicly disclosed zero-days in its latest Patch Tuesday release ...

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 in ...

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 largely ...

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. In ...

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 into ...

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 ...

I have worked with SQL Server for many years now, back to Sybase SQL Server days and there has always been confusion over Logins and Users. Even though they typically use the same name they are ...