SQL Server Auditing and Compliance Tips

Beneficial SQL Server Auditing and Compliance tips, tutorials, how-to's, scripts, and more for SQL Server DBAs.

SubCategory Tip Title Author
Administration Steps to restore a database that has a SQL Server Audit defined Matteo Lorini
Administrators SQL Server Encryption To Block DBAs Data Access K. Brian Kelley
Auditing How to Filter a SQL Server Audit with a Predicate Nico Botes
Auditing SQL Server Database Security Audit (Part 1): What to expect? Svetlana Golovko
Auditing SQL Server Security Audit (Part 2): Scripts to help you or where can you find more information Svetlana Golovko
Data Audit and Prevent Unwanted SQL Server Table Changes John Miner
Data Auditing Failed SQL Server Transactions Using Table Variables Sergey Gigoyan
Data Auditing SELECT statements in SQL Server 2008 K. Brian Kelley
Data Designing Tables for Audit Data in SQL Server Jeremy Kadlec
Data Prevent Confidential Data at the Application Layer from getting into SQL Server Tim Smith
Data SQL Server 2008 Audit Change Group Thomas LaRock
Data SQL Server 2008 Auditing Feature Thomas LaRock
Data SQL Server 2008 TSQL Auditing Commands for SELECT statements Edwin Sarmiento
Databases Identify SQL Server databases that are no longer in use Brady Upton
Import and Export Automate the Import of SQL Server Audit Files into SQL Server Using PowerShell Ahmad Yaseen
Logins Audit SQL Server Logins Using SQL Profiler Ben Snaidero
Logins Audit SQL Server Logins without filling up the Error Log K. Brian Kelley
Logins Auditing Failed Logins in SQL Server K. Brian Kelley
Logins Auditing Windows Groups from SQL Server Amit Watwe
Logins Automate collection and saving of failed logins for SQL Server K. Brian Kelley
Logins How to Audit Login Changes on a SQL Server K. Brian Kelley
Logins Tables and Views for Auditing SQL Server Logins K. Brian Kelley
Logins Use Extended Events to Get More Information About Failed SQL Server Login Attempts Aaron Bertrand
Overview What to Audit at the SQL Server Instance Level K. Brian Kelley
Passwords Auditing SQL Server Password Age K. Brian Kelley
Passwords How do I enforce SQL Server 2000 password changes? Jeremy Kadlec
Passwords Password management options for the SQL Server sa login Jeremy Kadlec
Passwords SQL Server Login Properties to Enforce Password Policies and Expiration Jeremy Kadlec
Permissions Auditing SQL Server 2012 Server Roles K. Brian Kelley
Permissions Auditing SQL Server Permissions and Roles for the Server K. Brian Kelley
Permissions Auditing SQL Server User and Role Permissions for Databases K. Brian Kelley
Permissions Auditing sysadmin on multiple servers using PowerShell K. Brian Kelley
Permissions Auditing your SQL Server database and server permissions Greg Robidoux
Permissions How to find out what SQL Server rights have been granted to the Public role Tim Ford
Permissions Identify Orphaned Windows Logins and Groups in SQL Server with sp_validatelogins Tim Ford
Permissions Identifying What Runs at Startup on SQL Server K. Brian Kelley
Permissions SQL Server Login Management using LOGINPROPERTY function Svetlana Golovko
Permissions SQL Server Security Auditing to Match Logins And Users K. Brian Kelley
Permissions What Windows Server Groups Should I Audit on my SQL Servers? K. Brian Kelley
Regulations SOX for SQL Server DBAs Jay Dave
Regulations What does PCI DSS mean for your SQL Server environment? Tibor Nagy
Reporting Script to auto generate a security report for your SQL Server instance Michelle Gutzait
Reporting SQL Server Security Audit Report Kun Lee
Reporting Using a Backup to Find SQL Server Security Changes K. Brian Kelley
Security Custom Intrusion Detection Reporting for SQL Server Svetlana Golovko
Tools Auditing Products for SQL Server Jeremy Kadlec
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