With the deadline for implementing the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) approaching, and also in light of the ongoing and worrying rise in cybercrime, data protection is becoming increasingly important. RDBMSs have traditionally been one of the primary targets of cyberattacks, and SQL Server provides several technologies both to protect data in transit and at rest, and to proactively monitor attempts to bypass protection mechanisms.

Without aiming to cover GDPR comprehensively, which is often more about processes than technology, in this session we will look at the technologies that can help support compliance with the regulation, going into more detail on the new features introduced with SQL Server 2016, and we will also touch on technologies that can mitigate the risks of data loss.