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Review Papers | Computer Science & Engineering | India | Volume 3 Issue 4, April 2014

A Review on Database Security

Tejashri R. Gaikwad | A. B. Raut ^[2]

Abstract: Protecting data is at the heart of many secure systems, and many users rely on a database management system to manage the protection. This paper is all about the security of database management systems, as an example of how application security can be designed and implemented for specific task. There is substantial current interest in DBMS Security because databases are newer than the programming and operating systems. Databases are essential to many business and government organizations, to make the retrieval and maintenance of data easy and efficient it is stored in a database. Database organization and contents are considered valuable corporate assets that must be carefully protected because databases are a favorite target for attackers. The basic security requirements of database system are not unlike those of other computing system. The basic problems are access control, exclusion of spurious data, authentication of users and reliability. In this paper the challenges and threats in database security are identified.

Keywords: Attack, Database security, Threat, Integrity

Edition: Volume 3 Issue 4, April 2014,

Pages: 372 - 374

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