The principle of least privilege is a foundational concept in database security that advocates for granting users the minimum level of access...
Understanding the Principle of Least Privilege in SQL Server Security
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5 Key Data Security Measures to Protect Your SQL Server
Essential Data Security Measures to Avoid Data Breaches Data breaches have become an increasingly significant threat to organizations of all sizes,...
Migrating SQL Server to Azure SQL Database
Migrating SQL Server to Azure SQL Database provides essential benefits. Such advantages include the following: lower cost by shifting expenses from...
Announcing the General Availability of SQL Secure 4.2
We are pleased to announce the general availability of SQL Secure 4.2 SQL Secure is the industry-leading, state of the art auditing and security...
SQL Server Security: Always Encrypted
Always Encrypted (AE) is a feature Microsoft introduced to SQL Server 2016. This post will provide an overview of AE and talk about how it can be...
Announcing the General Availability of SQL Secure 4.1
We are pleased to announce the general availability of SQL Secure 4.1 SQL Secure is the industry-leading, state of the art auditing and security...
Announcing the General Availability of SQL Secure 4.0
We are pleased to announce the general availability of SQL Secure 4.0 SQL Secure is the industry-leading, state of the art auditing and security...
SQL Server Security: How to Protect SQL Server Databases
For organizations leveraging SQL Server databases, SQL Server security and understanding how to protect SQL Server databases is a fundamental...
How Attack Surface Management Enhances Database Security
Attack surface management (ASM) is a growing focus for security teams and many C-Level executives with a stake in data management and security such...
Supplementing SQL Server Management Studio Capabilities
SQL Server Management Studio capabilities can be supplemented by a range of third-party tools. SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) is an...
Why Should You Care About Crypto Mining on Your SQL Servers?
Many different types of malware are floating around out there. Some of the variants are purely destructive and are designed to simply delete data....
Best Practices for Your SQL Server Security
SQL Server security has always been important. Protecting the enterprise data resources stored in SQL Server databases is arguably the prime...
The Challenges of Security in a Hybrid Cloud Environment
The cloud has made many aspects of a computing environment easier to manage. Things like storage and compute power can simply be scaled up and down...
Protect Your SQL Servers with Always Encrypted
The information stored in corporate databases needs to be protected in multiple ways. Database backups are necessary to recover from a physical or...
Cloud Day 2—What Do You Need to Know About Cloud Security?
Cloud security is complex and has several layers to it—first and most important is access to the control plane. The control plane is your...
RATs Can be a Security Threat to Your SQL Servers
Before you click away, let me assure you that this post is not about rodents chewing on power cords or networking cables. RATs is an acronym for...
Announcing the General Availability of SQL Secure 3.4
We are pleased to announce the general availability of SQL Secure 3.4. Customers can access the new version via the IDERA Customer Portal. New...
The Problem of Data Breaches Shows No Signs of Slowing Down
An unfortunate and common problem that is encountered just about everywhere in the world is the theft of valuable items from their owners by...
Who Do You Trust with Your SQL Servers?
Protecting enterprise data resources has never been more important. The large quantities of data that many organizations store present an inviting...
The Problem of Identifying Internal Security Threats
Providing security for their systems is one of the main concerns of IT professionals and corporate management everywhere. Worrying about security...
It is Never a Bad Time to Revisit User Permissions
A database needs users to provide any value to an organization. While it might be instructive from an academic point of view to simply collect large...
Announcing the General Availability of SQL Secure 3.3.2
We are pleased to announce the general availability of SQL Secure 3.3.2. Customers can access the new version via the IDERA Customer Portal. New...
The Impact of COVID-19 on Database Security
The COVID-19 pandemic is causing havoc in many areas of society across the globe. It has been the cause of thousands of deaths and has stressed our...
Protect Your Databases by Detecting Suspicious Activity
Some of an organization’s most important computing systems are the databases that store its information assets. They may contain multiple types of...