Security enhancements in SQL Server 2005

The trustworthy computing initiative has contributed greatly to help microsoft improve customer experience. A number of customer needs on security have been addressed.

1. Restricting user access to sql server

2. Disabling services and restricting service configuration

3. Reducing the surface are aof attack for new features.

4. Native data encryption using certificate and key management system

The microsoft sql server 2005 provides users and developers with a number of new features required for building secure database applications.

It also removes barriers to code execution and storage. It integrates standards such as xml to open up new vistas in computing.