--- title: The Coeo Blog | Security description: Security | The latest updates from Coeo on retail, gaming, finance and the Microsoft data platform --- [![](https://www.coeo.com/wp-content/themes/coeo/images/logo.svg)](https://www.coeo.com/) +44 (0)20 3051 3595 | [info@coeo.com](mailto:info@coeo.com) | [Client portal login](https://my.coeo.com) # The Coeo Blog ## [Preventing Brute Force Attacks in SQL Server](https://blog.coeo.com/preventing-brute-force-attacks-in-sql-server) SQL Server provides two different forms of authenticating the users that connect to the database server: Windows Authentication, which is the default and preferred method, and SQL Server Authentication, which needs to be explicitly enabled. [![Raul Gonzalez](https://blog.coeo.com/hubfs/Profile%20photos/RaulCircle.jpg)](https://blog.coeo.com/preventing-brute-force-attacks-in-sql-server) [Raul Gonzalez](https://blog.coeo.com/author/raul-gonzalez) | August 27 , 2020 ## [Configure Kerberos for Availability Groups](https://blog.coeo.com/configure-kerberos-for-availability-groups) Today I want to tell you about an issue we ran into while working on one of our customers and, while it’s easy to understand when explained, it might be tricky to get done when you don’t look at the whole picture. [![Raul Gonzalez](https://blog.coeo.com/hubfs/Profile%20photos/RaulCircle.jpg)](https://blog.coeo.com/configure-kerberos-for-availability-groups) [Raul Gonzalez](https://blog.coeo.com/author/raul-gonzalez) | July 07 , 2020 ## [Introducing Private Endpoints for Azure SQL Database](https://blog.coeo.com/introducing-private-endpoints-for-azure-sql-database) Over the last few years there's been increasing pressure on Microsoft to remove the need for applications to connect to Azure Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) services via public endpoints.  In February 2018 Microsoft [announced](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/vnet-service-endpoints-for-azure-sql-database-now-generally-available/) the general availability of [Virtual Network (VNet) Service Endpoints](https://blog.coeo.com/azure-service-endpoints) for.. [![Matt Robertshaw](https://blog.coeo.com/hubfs/Profile%20photos/MattRCircle.jpg)](https://blog.coeo.com/introducing-private-endpoints-for-azure-sql-database) [Matt Robertshaw](https://blog.coeo.com/author/matt-robertshaw) | April 06 , 2020 ## [Data security for financial organisations](https://blog.coeo.com/data-security-for-financial-organisations) According to a survey by Verizon, the financial services industry experiences [35% of total data breaches](https://www.forbes.com/sites/insights-klgates/2019/01/15/what-financial-services-executives-need-to-know-about-data-security/#212896791e43). This is the highest percentage of any sector. It’s therefore unsurprising that many industry commentators are saying that cyber security is now a top priority. [![Eddie Sauvao](https://blog.coeo.com/hubfs/Profile%20photos/EddieCircle.jpg)](https://blog.coeo.com/data-security-for-financial-organisations) [Eddie Sauvao](https://blog.coeo.com/author/eddie-sauvao) | June 12 , 2019 ## [Power BI Security in Ten Steps](https://blog.coeo.com/ten-steps-to-secure-power-bi) Are you fearful of migrating to a new data visualisation solution or hosting data in the cloud? The power of Power BI is too much to ignore and offers many security features to ease your concerns. [![Andy Jones](https://blog.coeo.com/hubfs/Profile%20photos/AndyCircle.jpg)](https://blog.coeo.com/ten-steps-to-secure-power-bi) [Andy Jones](https://blog.coeo.com/author/andy-jones) | May 30 , 2019 ## [Cyber Security Monthly News - March Summary 2019](https://blog.coeo.com/cyber-security-monthly-news-march-summary-2019) There have been a number of notable security vulnerabilities uncovered last month including some for Chrome and Magento, while Huawei remains in the limelight: [![Edward Harrison](https://blog.coeo.com/hubfs/Profile%20photos/EdHarrison2Circle.jpg)](https://blog.coeo.com/cyber-security-monthly-news-march-summary-2019) [Edward Harrison](https://blog.coeo.com/author/edward-harrison) | April 04 , 2019 ## [Cyber Security Monthly News - February Summary 2019](https://blog.coeo.com/cyber-security-monthly-news-february-summary-2019) Whether [deliberately](https://www.wired.com/2017/06/feds-charge-alleged-nsa-leaker-exposed-russian-election-hacking/) or through [carelessness](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/02/23/catfishing-con-catches-nato-troops-report-reveals/), fleshware continues to be a weak link for data security. That’s no excuse for not patching the software though. [![Kevin McNamara](https://blog.coeo.com/hubfs/Profile%20photos/KevinCircle.jpg)](https://blog.coeo.com/cyber-security-monthly-news-february-summary-2019) [Kevin McNamara](https://blog.coeo.com/author/kevin-mcnamara) | March 05 , 2019 ## [Cyber Security Monthly News - January Summary 2019](https://blog.coeo.com/cyber-security-monthly-news-january-2019) As January draws to a close, Microsoft lets in the new year with a CU for 2016 SP1 & SP2 and a hotfix for 2017 CU13 (as below). There are also Windows updates and a variety of stories in the news to take a look at. [![James Murfin](https://blog.coeo.com/hubfs/Profile%20photos/JamesMCircleLow.jpg)](https://blog.coeo.com/cyber-security-monthly-news-january-2019) [James Murfin](https://blog.coeo.com/author/james-murfin) | January 25 , 2019 ## [Cyber Security Monthly News - December Summary 2018](https://blog.coeo.com/cyber-security-monthly-news-december-summary-2018) As the year 2018 came to a close, we saw a few updates in regards to SQL Server, where Microsoft released Cumulative Updates for both SQL Server 2014 and 2017. Alongside this, there were also a number of Windows Updates released, which can be found below: [![Justin Han](https://blog.coeo.com/hubfs/Profile%20photos/JustinLJCircle.jpg)](https://blog.coeo.com/cyber-security-monthly-news-december-summary-2018) [Justin Han](https://blog.coeo.com/author/justin-han) | January 04 , 2019 ## [Cyber Security Monthly News - October Summary 2018](https://blog.coeo.com/cyber-security-monthly-news-october-summary-2018) This October, Microsoft released Cumulative Updates for SQL Server 2017 and SQL Server 2014. In addition, we have also seen a number of Windows Updates released this month, see below for more details. 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