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Microsoft at its Tech Ed conference in San Diego on Tuesday will tout plans to add data encryption to its SQL Server database and seek federal government security certification for the platform as ...

Microsoft is downplaying a SQL Server security flaw that could be exploited by someone with administrative privileges to see users’ unencrypted passwords. The vulnerability was discovered last year by ...

This month’s release from Microsoft includes 175 updates — and four zero-day flaws that should be patched ASAP.

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 ...

SQL Server instances, even if equipped with provisions like automatic backup and recovery, are not sufficiently protected against sudden, disastrous situations like multi-site database failure, ...

SEATTLE — In the aftermath of the Slammer worm that wreaked havoc with many SQL Server users early this year, Microsoft Corp. is trying to make its database software more secure. But there’s still ...

If you've read the IT press at all these days, you know that SQL Injection (SI) attacks are very common and can be devastatingly effective. In fact, SI attacks-equally easy to execute against Oracle, ...

Idera, a leading provider of management and administration solutions for Microsoft Windows Servers, has announced SQLsecure 2.5, a security analysis solution that helps database administrators (DBAs) ...

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 ...