Security considerations for MS SQL Server database with SharePoint

SharePoint uses MS SQL Server for two purposes:

• Content database - used to store and manage SharePoint content
• Configuration database   - used to store the global configuration settings for the associated SharePoint form.

 
The types of controls used to secure the SQL Server database include

• Configure authentication protocol
• Firewall
• Control administrative accounts
• Monitor usage

SQL Server provides a lot of security functionality, and this can be used with SharePoint.