Book Description
SQL Server is the dominant relational database in the Windows market and data security is a huge and growing concern for all businesses. Securing SQL Server is one of the most important responsibilities of the SQL Server professional.
SQL Server Distilled, Second Edition is a very carefully researched, clearly explained book on securing SQL Server, by an author who knows SQL Server inside and out. If you follow the practical guidelines that are clearly set out in this book, then you stand a very good chance of making sure that the data stored in your database is secure and that the conversation between your applications and the database is secure (preventing SQL injection attacks, etc.). For example, any DBA who implemented the security precautions detailed in the book would not have been affected by the infamous Slammer virus.
This second edition offers practical advice on how to implement good practices that will ward off future viruses before they are even created, and it contains new content that reflects all updates to SQL Server's security mechanisms.
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SQL Server is the dominant relational database in the Windows market and data security is a huge and growing concern for all businesses. Securing SQL Server is one of the most important responsibilities of the SQL Server professional.
SQL Server Distilled, Second Edition is a very carefully researched, clearly explained book on securing SQL Server, by an author who knows SQL Server inside and out. If you follow the practical guidelines that are clearly set out in this book, then you stand a very good chance of making sure that the data stored in your database is secure and that the conversation between your applications and the database is secure (preventing SQL injection attacks, etc.).
This second edition will have more practical advice on how to implement good practices that will ward off future viruses before they are even created. This book will contain new content that reflects all updates to SQL Server's security mechanisms.
Book Info
Text takes an in-depth look at what you can do to secure data in SQL Server; showing how to authenticate access to data on the server, and authorize what users can and can't do with that data, in versions 6.5, 7.0, and 2000. Includes new sections on how to protect data from tampering as it travels the network and how to use ASP.NET's Forms Authentication with SQL Server. Softcover.
From the Publisher
Curlingstone is a new imprint providing practical information on all aspects of the technology, techniques, and job roles that form the database community.
About the Author
Morris Lewis has been smitten with Structured Query Language since the first time his professor wrote SELECT * FROM AUTHORS on the chalkboard 14 years ago. He has worked with no other database server since he first installed SQL Server 4.21a on his 16MHZ, Intel 386 computer with all of the 32 megabytes of RAM running Windows NT 3.51 more than 8 years ago. With the mantra "It is OK to worry if they really are out to get you," he has focused on all aspects of securing Windows and SQL Server since he connected his first server to the Internet, 6 years ago. Now, he runs a training and consulting company, Holistech Inc., that focuses on helping clients create better and more secure database applications, and teaching them how to avoid the mistakes that can lead to problems in the future.
SQL Server Security Distilled FROM THE PUBLISHER
Securing SQL Server is one of the most important responsibilities of the SQL Server professional. Ensuring your data is safe requires a combination of good systems and database administration, and intelligent application design - weaving a security plan that matches the capabilities and vulnerabilities of each contributing part.But at its root, security is concerned with controlling access - authenticating who can access the data on the server, authorizing what users can do with that data, and securing data as it is transported. These core topics are the focus of this book. SQL Server Security Distilled shows you: What you can do to secure date in SQL Server How SQL Server handles authentication and authorization in different versions How SQL Server security integrates with Windows security The security pros and cons of different transport protocols Ways to tailor SQL Server security to different applications, including client-server and Web applications How to secure DTS packages The implications of different types of replication for security The security features of SQL Server CE and its server-side agents
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SQL Server is the dominant relational database in the Windows market and data security is a huge and growing concern for all businesses. Securing SQL Server is one of the most important responsibilities of the SQL Server professional.
AUTHOR DESCRIPTION
Morris Lewis has been smitten with Structured Query Language since the first time his professor wrote SELECT * FROM AUTHORS on the chalkboard 14 years ago. He has worked with no other database server since he first installed SQL Server 4.21a on his 16MHZ, Intel 386 computer with all of the 32 megabytes of RAM running Windows NT 3.51 more than 8 years ago. With the mantra "It is OK to worry if they really are out to get you," he has focused on all aspects of securing Windows and SQL Server since he connected his first server to the Internet, 6 years ago. Now, he runs a training and consulting company, Holistech Inc., that focuses on helping clients create better and more secure database applications, and teaching them how to avoid the mistakes that can lead to problems in the future.
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