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SQL Server password management: Six risky assumptions

Kevin Beaver, CISSP
07.11.2007
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When managing internal SQL Server accounts and passwords, it's easy to assume that everything is reasonably secure. After all, your SQL Server systems are behind the firewall, you're forcing Windows authentication and all users are required to have a strong password. Sounds pretty secure -- especially since you're thinking everyone else is doing it, right? Well, not so much.

There are several ris

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ky assumptions about SQL Server passwords that can get you into a bind quite easily. Here's what not to assume:

As with anything else in IT, it's always the little stuff that gets you. Ditch these dangerous SQL Server password assumptions and oversights and you'll undoubtedly improve your SQL Server security.

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