SQL Trace is the heart of SQL Server 2000’s auditing capabilities. In fact, Microsoft resurrected SQL Trace, which had been downplayed in SQL Server 7.0, specifically to facilitate auditing.

SQL Server 2008 has some great new features. One of them is the new auditing capability. Now we can audit at the server, database and table level according to specifications provided by the DBA.

Auditing capability in Microsoft Windows Server has always been a somewhat unsophisticated affair: either filling up event logs so quickly that they truncate or spiralling out of control. Extraneous ...

Audit logs are not really practical for security auditing but can be invaluable in troubleshooting DHCP server-related issues. In this article, Brien Posey discusses the anatomy of a DHCP server ...

ManageEngine is demonstrating SQLDBManager Plus and its new SQL Server Audit reports in booth K4 at PASS Summit 2014 being held through Nov. 7, 2014, at the Washington State Convention and Trade ...

You can’t know whether a database is truly secure unless you know what data has been accessed, how it has been modified, and who has viewed it. Entegra — an enterprise-level auditing tool for ...

IRVINE, CA--(Marketwired - Mar 12, 2014) - Netwrix Corporation, the #1 provider of change and configuration auditing software, today announced the release of six new Netwrix Auditor solutions with ...

Eric Johnson, SQL Server MVP, is the owner of Consortio Services in Colorado Springs providing IT systems management and technology consulting. He is also the President of the Colorado Springs SQL ...

On the DNS server, I'm seeing DNS 520 events. It looks like the host itself is sending dynamic updates to delete the record and that's recorded as a 520 event in the Microsoft\DNS-Server\Audit Log ...

Windows Server Audit Checklist. ... If your workforce leaves at the end of the day, you may want to restrict employee log on to your normal work hours.