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Protect your SQL Server databases with this expert advice. SQL Server security topics include SQL injection, how to lock down SQL Server and how to meet compliance laws. Improve database security practices with software security tools, code hardening, encryption and more.
IN THIS TOPIC:  EXPERT TECHNICAL ADVICE (133) , REFERENCE & LEARNING (36) , NEWS (26) , DEFINITIONS (2)

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Secure SQL Server from SQL injection attacks
Submitted By: SearchSQLServer.com | 25 Jun 2008
TIP - SQL injection is one of the most common security risks for Internet-facing SQL Server databases. Here are precise steps to protect against attacks.
How insiders hack SQL databases with free tools and a little luck
Submitted By: SearchSQLServer.com | 04 Jun 2008
TIP - When you find out how easy it is for insiders to hack SQL Server databases with a few free security tools and a little luck, you'll re-examine your database security practices.
Sarbanes-Oxley compliance checklist: IT security and SQL audits
Submitted By: SearchSQLServer.com | 07 May 2008
TIP - Get security practices, procedures and documentation to meet Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance. This tip includes checklists to guide SQL DBAs and developers to inspect systems.
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  REFERENCE & LEARNING: 1 - 3 of 36
FAQ: SQL Server passwords
SearchSQLServer.com | 10 Apr 2007
FAQ - Troubleshoot SQL Server passwords with these frequently asked questions. See how to recover lost passwords, create new passwords and change your SQL Server passwords.
SQL Server data encryption fast guide
SearchSQLServer.com | 18 Dec 2006
FAST GUIDE - SQL Server encryption provides extra protection to secure your database. In this fast guide, get specifics on encrypting your backup files, stored procedures, column data and more.
Step 5: Approach with a malicious mindset
By Kevin Beaver, CISSP | 09 Oct 2006
STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE - Approach your analysis and troubleshooting with a malicious mindset. Follow this step-by-step guide to test for a Trojan horse on your SQL Server.
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  NEWS: 1 - 3 of 26
Security issues delay Yukon
SearchDatabase.com | 12 Mar 2004
ARTICLE - Security concerns are among the most obvious reasons for the Yukon delay, but analysts say that a larger problem looms just beneath the surface.
Common security mistakes
SearchDatabase.com | 01 Aug 2003
ARTICLE - Security expert Stephen Mencik's list of the Top 10 security mistakes might surprise you. He says crack IT teams constantly overlook the simplest of preventative measures.
SQL Server security threat: An expert's advice
SearchDatabase.com | 30 Jul 2002
INTERVIEW - Security specialist David Litchfield answers questions for SearchDatabase.com about what he calls the most severe security threat to the SQL Server in its history.
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  DEFINITIONS: 1 - 2 of 2
data corruption
16 Dec 2002
WORD - Data corruption is the deterioration of computer data as a result of some external agent. Hazards to data integrity include not only computer-based problems such as viruses and hardware or software incompatibility, flaws, or ...
data hiding
25 Jul 2001
WORD - Data hiding is a characteristic of object-oriented programming. Because an object can only be associated with data in predefined classes or templates, the object can only "know" about the data it needs to know about. There ...
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SEE ALSO - Topics Related to SQL Server security: 
SQL Server Online Transaction Processing (OLTP), SQL Server backup and recovery, SQL Server clustering, SQL Server availability, SQL Server data warehousing/business intelligence, SQL Server installation, SQL Server integration/interoperability, SQL Server replication, SQL Server database design and modeling, SQL Server performance and tuning


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