More and more organizations are moving SharePoint and SQL workloads into Microsoft Azure in the cloud because of the simplicity of spinning up servers in the cloud, adding more capacity, decreasing ...

The world of the data professionals and DBAs is swirling with threats and risks, and those dangers are on the rise. You’re probably accustomed to using longstanding database fea­tures to secure your ...

Microsoft is giving database administrators working with Azure SQL Database a new suite of security tools to check out. A new Always Encrypted feature will be available as a public beta by the end of ...

One year on from reaching general availability, Microsoft's Azure-based Sentinel security system now brings new user and entity behavioral analytics to help detect unknown and insider threats faster.

Idera, Inc. has announced the general availability of SQL Diagnostic Manager 13.0. This release introduces integration with Microsoft Entra ID authentication, enhancing the credential management ...

It’s the first time Microsoft security researchers have seen attackers try to hop from a SQL Server instance into a cloud environment. Hackers attempted to move from a compromised SQL Server instance ...

From enabling multifactor authentication and extending protection beyond virtual machines to establishing rules around log analysis and remediation, here’s how businesses can get the most out of Azure ...

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Microsoft announced a lot of Azure SQL news at Ignite this month, but few as critical to application development security than the public preview of Always Encrypted with secure enclaves. Here's how ...