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Security should be everyone’s business, but it’s often seen as someone else’s problem. When it comes to SQL Server there are at least three parts to the puzzle: The infrastructure guys will provide secure comms and accounts with which to access
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Day 18 of my virtual advent calendar, about stuff I like in SQL Server 2008.. Rounding out ways of keeping an eye on what’s happening to your data in SQL Server 2008 is the new auditing feature in Enterprise edition. As the name suggest it’s there
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Blog posts which just reference whitepapers etc. can annoy some of you so I try and limit these, but if you are one of the many IT managers or DBA’s worried about compliance then please read on. The IT Compliance Guide is a comprehensive
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One of the worst reporting headaches is producing output for the finance department. The reports need to meet strict standards, be penny perfect, and the end user always wants the report to be in excel. With reporting services in SQL
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I often get asked about whether SQL server is compliant with some standard or other e.g. Sarbannes-Oxley (SOX) , Data Protection etc. The answer is yes, but there is no flip switch in SQL to turn any of these on , and as anyone knows who's tried
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At the SQL Server community evening last week I was asked whether SQL Server is or is going to be SOX compliant. There are probably some of you thinking that we were discussing baseball so I should explain that Sarbannes Oxley (SOX) is a piece of financial
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