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New SQL Server 2008 Compliance Guide

A while back, Bryan Oliver, David Gugick and I went to Redmond to take part in a SQL Server 2008 auditing and compliance lab.  JC Cannon and other Microsoft SQL Server 2008 pros talked about the new 2008 features that help DBAs with their SOX/HIPAA/PCI/etc compliance needs.
I’ve dealt with some of these regulations in a [...]

HIPAA vs SOX for database administrators

A database administrator asked me, “If I’ve been working at a company subject to Sarbanes-Oxley regulations, and I needed to learn what was different about HIPAA regulations, what would be the difference between the two?”
First, in my answer, don’t think about credit card data or customer social security numbers.  That has its own security implications [...]