22-25 April 2026 
From Risk to Resilience: Building a Secure Azure SQL Environment
Proposed session for SQLBits 2026TL; DR
Learn how to secure Azure SQL Database using a multilayered, defense-in-depth approach that protects your environment from every angle. This session provides practical guidance on network security, access control, data protection, monitoring, threat detection and encryption, giving you the confidence to safeguard your workloads during and after cloud migration.
Session Details
You're ready to move your databases to the cloud, but one concern keeps resurfacing: How do we ensure our data stays fully protected? With security threats growing more sophisticated, relying on a single safeguard is no longer enough. Whether your data lives on-premises or in Azure, you need a layered strategy that secures every point of vulnerability.
This demo-focused session will show how a defense-in-depth model can protect Azure SQL Database from multiple angles. You’ll see how network, identity, data, monitoring, and encryption works together to minimize risk, restrict exposure, and strengthen resilience.
Key topics include:
1. Network security and access control best practices
2. Enforcing least privilege with Azure RBAC
3. Applying Row-Level Security to protect sensitive data
4. Implementing auditing to track activity and support compliance
5. Using Advanced Threat Protection for real-time threat detection
6. Understanding and applying encryption layers such as TDE and Always Encrypted
This session is ideal for database administrators, cloud engineers, architects and anyone responsible for securing data platforms. Attendees will gain the practical knowledge and confidence needed to secure Azure SQL workloads and make informed decisions during cloud migrations.
This demo-focused session will show how a defense-in-depth model can protect Azure SQL Database from multiple angles. You’ll see how network, identity, data, monitoring, and encryption works together to minimize risk, restrict exposure, and strengthen resilience.
Key topics include:
1. Network security and access control best practices
2. Enforcing least privilege with Azure RBAC
3. Applying Row-Level Security to protect sensitive data
4. Implementing auditing to track activity and support compliance
5. Using Advanced Threat Protection for real-time threat detection
6. Understanding and applying encryption layers such as TDE and Always Encrypted
This session is ideal for database administrators, cloud engineers, architects and anyone responsible for securing data platforms. Attendees will gain the practical knowledge and confidence needed to secure Azure SQL workloads and make informed decisions during cloud migrations.
3 things you'll get out of this session
1. Understand how to apply a defense in depth strategy to secure Azure SQL Database effectively.
2. Learn practical techniques for protecting access, data visibility, monitoring and threat response.
3. Gain confidence to make informed security decisions when migrating or managing cloud workloads.