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Secure your SQL Server Environment   
Overview

Security is of the utmost concern for businesses, top-level managers, network administrators and Database Administrators. The threat of hackers gaining access to systems via security flaws, weak passwords, disgruntled employees or many other possible loopholes is very real. The threat to security is increasing day by day. The potential loss for comprised data is difficult to calculate, but the loss of crucial company data can be devastating to its existence.

Our Approach

SQLSquare offers a three-way approach to security for your SQL Server environment including the Operating System, SQL Server and Data perspective all critical to the SQL Server environment.

As a value added service, SQLSquare will continuously work towards improving your SQL Server environment and as security can be tightened, we will work to implement a more secure environment. SQLSquare will work with you today and into the future to ensure your environment is secure.

SQLSquare delivers a comprehensive security plan via the Proactive, Reactive and Auditing measures listed below. Our goal is to give you peace of mind that your systems are secure and will continue to thwart security risks.

Proactive Measures

  • Minimal rights to resources to best protect your valuable SQL Server Environments 
  • Secure Windows Resources to SQL Server
  • Secure SQL Server – Server, Database and Data Access to expected users and unexpected intruders
  • Introduce a series of SQL Server Security Best Practices focusing on resolving your vulnerabilities
  • Protection and handling of backup media
  • Implement Change Management measures to ensure only necessary staff have access to core business systems.
  • Protect SQL Server Service Accounts and rights between SQL Server environments.
  • Provide development guidelines to eliminate the introduction of potential security flaws 
  • Collection of audit data to track and identify changes
  • Eliminate unauthorized applications from accessing your data
  • Application of necessary patches to Operating system and SQL Server

Reactive Measures 

  • Record the last series of processing for review
  • Review of the system output for corrective action and transition to Proactive Measures 
  • Provide a series of steps to document changes, provide a way to back-out these changes and ensure additional security holes are not introduced
  • Audit various logs and identify the source of intrusion

Auditing

  • Ensure no violations in the SQL Server environment as well as ensure no new vulnerabilities have been introduced
  • Access to audit information for successful and failed security attempts
  • Access to audit information to identify data changes
  • Implement auditing features of SQL Server & Operating Systems
Key Benefits
  • Multi faceted approach to address security from various perspectives
  • Meet regulatory requirements prevailing in your industry and in general
  • Minimize business issues such as reputation, customer acquisition and retention
  • Prevent unexpected downtime
  • Compliance with Legal & Industry Requirements
  • Key environmental documentation
  • Peace of mind

Contact SQLSquare today!