# Securing Microsoft SQL Server

DevFeed: [Securing Microsoft SQL Server](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/securing-microsoft-sql-server-29825.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://goteleport.com/blog/secure-mssql/>)

Author: info@goteleport.com (Kainaat Arshad)

Published: 2022-07-22T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Teleport](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/teleport.md>)

Topics: [sql-server](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sql-server.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vulnerabilities.md>)

Tags: [best-practices](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/best-practices.md>), [compliance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/compliance.md>), [hardening](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hardening.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [sql-server](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sql-server.md>), [vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vulnerabilities.md>)

## AI overview

An overview of standard practices for securing and hardening Microsoft SQL Server deployments across network, transport, and database levels. It explains risks including weak default settings, SQL injection, denial-of-service attacks, verbose error messages, and compliance gaps.

## Source excerpt

An overview of best practices for securing and hardening MS SQL deployments.