Improving Web Application Security: Threats and Countermeasures

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Unnecessary Microsoft Windows services are disabled on the database server.

All optional services, including Microsoft Search Service, MSSQLServerADHelper, and SQLServerAgent, are disabled if not used by any applications.

The Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MS DTC) is disabled if it is not being used by any applications.

A least-privileged local/domain account is used to run the various SQL Server services, for example, back up and replication.

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