Microsoft has made each version of SQL Server more secure and easier to administer than the previous one. In August 2000, an independent testing facility found that SQL Server 2000 meets the US Department of Defense's C2 security requirements. (You can obtain more information about the C2 evaluation from Microsoft's Web site at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/prodtech/dbsql/sqlc2.asp.) If your company needs to meet C2 security standards or you need to audit usage of your SQL Server 2000 installation for other reasons, you'll find this discussion of auditing helpful.