Audit-Ready. Risk-Free. SQL Changes Under Control.
SQL Change Guard helps you meet ITIL, COBIT, and ISO 27001 compliance by enforcing supervised, auditable, and policy-based SQL deployments.
It ensures that no change reaches production without proper authorization and oversight.
SQL Change Guard provides database teams with the control, visibility, and assurance required for managing critical database changes. It is designed specifically for SQL Server environments with audit, performance, and compliance needs.
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Ensures presence of audit tables, naming rules, NOLOCK usage, and disables harmful inline transactions.
Scripts execute in a secure transaction wrapper with rollback capability in case of failure.
Every change is linked to a request for better auditability, traceability, and documentation.
Track changes, data access, sensitive operations and permissions — with exportable reports.
Works entirely inside your organization’s network. No cloud dependency.
Each script is analyzed and assigned a dynamic risk score (0–100) based on structure, commands, and potential impact.
Built-in role separation (Admin, Developer, Reviewer) secured by Windows Authentication.
Manual script deployments lead to poor traceability. Who changed what, when, and why is often unclear-especially under audit pressure. SQL Change Guard enforces structured deployment and logs every step, giving teams full accountability.
Most financial institutions rely on partial DDL logs, which are insufficient during regulatory audits. SQL Change Guard provides audit-ready, parsed execution data, including manual data changes, schema alterations, and critical object access.
Validation rules like enforcing log table creation, proper naming conventions, presence of created/modified metadata, or disallowing SELECT * and missing NOLOCK hints are hard to enforce manually. SQL Change Guard automates these validations.
When scripts with embedded transactions fail mid-deployment, it causes data corruption and high rollback costs. SQL Change Guard detects transaction usage and delegates it to the application safely, minimizing production risks.
Cross-team changes to the same database objects can cause conflicts, delays, and redundant testing. SQL Change Guard tracks object-level dependencies and status across environments to prevent such issues proactively.
Who queried what data, from which environment, and whether it included sensitive information is often unknown. SQL Change Guard logs and traces data access, ensuring query results are managed securely and are auditable.
It's difficult to manually detect dangerous operations like TRUNCATE, unbounded DELETE/UPDATE, or improper use of EXEC. SQL Change Guard parses scripts and flags risky patterns before they go live.
Answering questions like "What changed last month?", "Who accessed critical objects?", or "How often are data changes made?" becomes painful. SQL Change Guard generates detailed reports from parsed change logs, including:
SQL Change Guard ensures your database grows securely, predictably, and in compliance with internal and external regulations — without adding manual overhead or risking uncontrolled growth.
SQL Change Guard works perfectly alongside enterprise-grade data activity monitoring and audit tools, creating a complete and secure SQL change lifecycle — from pre-deployment validation to post-deployment oversight.
Many organizations already use data protection platforms that monitor database activity in real-time, detect anomalies, and log access to sensitive data. While those tools focus on what happens after data is accessed, SQL Change Guard ensures what happens before is just as secure.
➤ By combining SQL Change Guard with your existing data activity monitoring platform, your organization gains end-to-end visibility, control, and confidence over every SQL change.
SQL Change Guard complements IBM Guardium to provide full-spectrum SQL security — from safe script deployment to real-time data activity monitoring. Together, they form a powerful defense against unauthorized access, human error, and data leaks.
While SQL Change Guard validates and controls database changes before they are executed, IBM Guardium continuously monitors what happens afterward — who accessed what data, when, and how.
➤ By integrating SQL Change Guard with IBM Guardium, you create a secure, auditable, and controlled database change process that meets the demands of modern data governance.
Every SQL script is automatically scanned before execution. These smart validations help avoid risky changes, enforce best practices, and maintain a secure and traceable environment. Warnings do not block execution but require user awareness.
TRUNCATE TABLE statement detected. Deletes all rows permanently without logging. Review carefully.EXEC, BEGIN, COMMIT, or ROLLBACK detected — indicates possible uncontrolled transaction management.DELETE or UPDATE statement missing WHERE clause. May affect all rows.#triggername) missing on target table. Changes may not be logged.SELECT *, missing SET NOCOUNT ON, or NOLOCK hints can affect performance and cause locking issues.CreatedDate, CreatedBy, LastModifiedDate, or LastModifiedBy columns not found. Essential for change tracking.Customer, Account, User, or Credentials. Ensure authorization; scripts may require review.
Download the full product documentation here: SQL Change Guard Documentation (PDF)
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