Saturday, May 16, 2020

Microsoft SQL Vulnerability Assessment

One of the best sources of security guidelines for different IT products is the product vendor. If you need a security baseline guide for an OS, DBSMS, and network device, first look for it in its vendor-provided documents. Microsoft products are a good example of above. For example, Microsoft has published SQL Vulnerability Assessment tool to aid DB admins in hardening the database as well as the DBMS. The tool is part of SQL Server Management Studio and requires it.
Which security policies, configurations and rules does the tool check? The below links provide a comprehensive checklist:
https://eitanblumin.com/sql-vulnerability-assessment-tool-rules-reference-list/
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sql-database/sql-database-vulnerability-assessment-rules

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