The next meeting of the Charleston SQL Server Users Group will take place January 19. 

Welcome to the homepage of the Charleston PASS chapter, the SQL Server User Group for Charleston, SC.

The Professional Association for SQL Server is committed to empowering the SQL Server community to connect, share, learn, and be inspired through networking and knowledge sharing. The Association has played an active role in restarting and supporting the relaunch of the Charleston chapter. And, the local chapter leadership is committed to supporting the local SQL professionals.

The chapter meetings are held at the Flagship building, thanks to the generous support of the Charleston Digital Corridor.

The meeting space is located at the Charleston Digital Corridor in downtown Charleston, on the corner of E Bay St and Calhoun St, close to I-26 and to the Ravenel Bridge.

All Charleston PASS chapter meetings are free and open to all SQL professionals.

These monthly meetings will start around 5:30pm with a networking session a.k.a. fresh food, coffee and refreshments. The feature presentation will start at 6:00pm. Please see below for updated meeting schedule.

The next meeting is schedule for Thursday January 19th, 5:30pm featuring Brian Kelley a Microsoft SQL Server MVP.

Would you like to attend our meetings? We look forward to seeing you! (You can also join PASS for free here.)

Thank you for your interest in Charleston PASS!

The chapter meetings will be held at the Charleston Digital Corridor (Flagship building) in downtown Charleston (follow link for map).

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From The Ramparts: Knowing What To Look For In SQL Server Security

K Brian Kelley (SQL MVP)

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Thursday, January 19th, 2012 at 5:30pm

Overview:

K Brian Kelley will present a session on protecting SQL Server from attacks. The session will cover methods and techniques attackers use to go after SQL Server, defensive techinques to secure and protect SQL Servers. Brian's presentation will be followed by Q&A.

Reception at 5:30pm. Meet and greet at the Flagship on East Bay Street. Refreshments and snacks will be provided (caterer TBA).

Presentation starts at 6:00pm.

Informal discussion, networking: 7:15pm.

Speaker:

Brian Kelley is an author, columnist, and Microsoft SQL Server MVP (since 2009) focusing primarily on SQL Server security. He is a contributing author for How to Cheat at Securing SQL Server 2005 (Syngress), Professional SQL Server 2008 Administration (Wrox), and Introduction to SQL Server (Texas Publishing). Brian currently serves as a database administrator/ architect for AgFirst Farm Credit Bank where he can concentrate on his passion: SQL Server. He previously was the systems and security architect for AgFirst where he worked on Active Directory, Windows security, VMWare, and Citrix.

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