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SQL Server, Part 2: Authentication and authorization mechanisms in SQL Server, simplified

In the previous blog of this series, we discussed how monitoring SQL Server activities helps secure databases. The database security can further be reinforced by carefully configuring the authentication and authorization mechanisms for database accesses. In this blog, we’ll briefly explain the various authorization and authentication mechanisms of SQL Server and some best practices you can follow.

Secured access to business-critical resources for your remote workforce

Over the past several years, telecommuting, or remote work, has gained significant traction across a wide variety of industries. According to a recent survey conducted by OWL Labs, 48 percent of employees worked from home at least once a week in 2019, and 34 percent were even willing to take a pay cut in order to work remotely.

Mastering website monitoring with Applications Manager

In the digital era, most enterprises use a web platform to reach potential customers and showcase the products or solutions they offer. Websites have become extremely popular as a medium of establishing a brand image, and they contribute in making a major share of revenue. Well-planned websites can capture the attention of the target audience, increasing the probability of them turning into valuable, paying customers.

Five worthy reads: Implementing a successful remote work environment

Five worthy reads is a regular column on five noteworthy items we’ve discovered while researching trending and timeless topics. This week, we delve into how organizations are increasingly adopting a remote work model, and how they can equip themselves to build a synchronized virtual workspace. In the wake of COVID-19 and the subsequent mandates to stay at home, many organizations have implemented a remote work environment in order to maintain business operations.

Hardening Windows security: How to secure your organization - Part 2

We’re back with part two of our three-part blog series on living-off-the-land attacks. If you missed part one, you can read it here. In a nutshell, living-off-the-land (LOTL) refers to a type of attack where the attacker uses the tools and features that already exist in the target environment to carry out malicious activities. The concept of LOTL is not new, but LOTL and file-less attacks have been gaining popularity over the last few months.

Quick tips to create an effective remote access plan for your organization.

In this webinar, you'll learn:

  • Specific challenges that your IT teams face while working remotely during the COVID-19 crisis
  • Cybersecurity implications of opening up privileged access to infrastructure and data center assets to IT technicians working from home
  • How to handle remote access requests to critical systems
  • Strategies for IT teams to effectively adapt to a remote work plan without compromising on access security
  • How ManageEngine's Secure Remote Access Toolkit can help a

Monitoring MS SQL Server with Applications Manager

MS SQL, Microsoft’s relational database management system (RDBMS), is known for its broad spectrum of capabilities such as transaction processing, business intelligence, and analytics. This is why most businesses trust and invest in SQL for their data storage and access needs. What are the benefits of monitoring SQL servers? Applications Manager offers proactive SQL server monitoring.