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 ...

Last week Sentrigo brought a security hole in SQL Server to my attention. The issue is simply that SQL Server stores passwords in clear text in memory, so it’s quite possible to sniff the memory ...

In fact, in the last couple releases, SQL Server has had fewer security holes and critical flaws than the other leading database platforms. After the SQL Slammer virus of the early 2000s, SQL Server ...

The SQL Server Vulnerability Assessment tool (VA) is a feature within SQL Server Management Server (SSMS) 17.4 that scans your SQL Server instances of version 2012 and later, identifies security ...

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.

For security, SQL Server 2016 adds Always Encrypted, which protects data both at rest and in motion. Even during querying, DBAs can't see sensitive data, Henschen notes.

Hackers target poorly secured Microsoft SQL and MySQL database servers to deploy the Gh0stCringe remote access trojans on vulnerable devices. Gh0stCringe, aka CirenegRAT, is a variant of Gh0st RAT ...

Azure SQL Database Of course, Microsoft is touting its Azure SQL Database service as the workload migration goal for SQL Server 2008/R2 users. Azure SQL Database is an "evergreen" database management ...

July 9 marked the end of "extended support" for SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 R2, the last five-year phase of Microsoft's overall 10-year product lifecycle for these products. The two servers ...