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Database Security
Database Security
REALLY BE SECURE?
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DATABASE SECURITY
What’s the purpose of a Database Security
System?
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DATABASE SECURITY
In response to Mr. Spafford’s statement –
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DATABASE SECURITY
[Figure 1] demonstrates that the path of
a source message comes from the client
and is sent to the LAN/WAN router.
requested information.
DBMS
LAN/Wan
Client Ntwk
router
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DATABASE SECURITY FEATURES
What kinds of database security features can protect the DBMS?
Proxy Servers shield the requests between the client computers inside a
private network and the internet.
Enable various data layers that secure the access control, auditing
and authentication, encryption, and integrity controls.
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RESPONSIBLITIES OF THE
DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR
To continually monitor the database security standards to
make sure that the company’s DBMS is in compliance
with the database security standards.
Two features of the database security compliance must be utilized.
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RESPONSIBLITIES OF THE
DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR
Always keep in mind that whenever a
system has internet and network
connections attached to a DBMS,
security breaches will occur.
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THE CLASSIC DATABASE INTRUDERS
The Shifty Employees & Malicious Hackers
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THE CLASSIC DATABASE INTRUDERS
Employees
Adding to the example above, the salesperson learns that they will
be fired or laid off; the salesperson could alter and copy the
database information for the purpose of using the client list with
their new job.
So, the company and the database administrator are to blame for
the employee having access to various amounts of data to steal.
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THE CLASSIC DATABASE INTRUDERS
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SUMMATION
It seems that companies cannot deter or stop predators
from hacking into DBMS through the internet and
network connections.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
WIKIPEDIA
DOJ & FBI
Merriam-Webster
L.A.P.D.
N.Y.P.D
Spafford. Eugene H. O'Reilly. S. Garfinkel. Web Security
& Commerce. Retrieved from Internet 31.Mar.2007.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker. Article was created
in 1997.
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