Microsoft SQL Server ODBC Driver

Data Security in a Microsoft SQL Server ODBC Driver

Distributed applications in Microsoft SQL Server ODBC environments present designers and administrators with a range of security challenges, including the need to continuously guard against threats of packet sniffing, credential theft, SQL injection, and DoS attacks. When choosing a Microsoft SQL Server ODBC driver that will play a central role within your distributed architecture, be sure that the driver will support your security design, rather than complicating or detracting from your efforts. ODBC drivers for Microsoft back ends vary substantially in their security features.

Progress DataDirect Makes the Most Secure Microsoft SQL Server ODBC Driver

Progress® DataDirect is the world’s leading provider of data connectivity and interoperability solutions. The security features of our DataDirect Connect® suite of database drivers is unmatched in the industry. Our Microsoft SQL Server ODBC driver includes data-securing features such as:

• Support for Kerberos and NTLM authentication protocols, so that the Microsoft SQL Server ODBC driver can be seamlessly integrated into a Single Sign-On environment.
• Built-in TLS/SSL encryption capabilities, so that transmissions between your ODBC SQL Server driver and your Microsoft SQL Server back end can be automatically encrypted to help thwart threats such as packet sniffing or credential theft.
• A unique “over the wire” communication protocol that eliminates the need for database client libraries, thereby doing away with a point of vulnerability and a potential source of memory leaks.

Progress DataDirect delivers rock-solid security in all of our database drivers, ranging from our Microsoft SQL Server ODBC driver to our ADO.NET data providers with Entities Framework support, to our industry-leading JDBC Windows and JDBC Oracle connectivity solutions. Our rigorous and comprehensive testing suites help to ensure that our drivers can be counted on to safeguard customer data in the most demanding production environments.

Get the Best ODBC Driver on the Market

Our Microsoft SQL Server ODBC driver not only provides robust security features that you won’t find in competing drivers, it also outperforms the competition in key measures such as throughput capacity, memory utilization, and CPU efficiency. The combination of security, performance, and reliability has made DataDirect Connect the most widely used third party ODBC driver in the world.

Along with superior data connectivity products, Progress also offers advanced data integration solutions such as X12 conversion and EDIFACT converter software.

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