Database Security

In all businesses and organisations, Databases are used to store all the core activities/information and often when there a major changes or restructure of the business the first process of many businesses is to change their databases to realign with their goal which makes them a valuable asset to any organisation. (Margulies, Pfleeger, Pfleeger 2015). Databases stores and maintain data at one central location so users can easily access it whenever needed. Through the use of Queries, databases have the ability to present data in multiple ways by linking data together for users to view and process vital information about their business and reports on performance throughout all departments (Knickelbine n.d.). Databases provide a fast and efficient …show more content…
Based on the three principles of computer security; Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability, they have clear relations to database management systems. Integrity and confidentiality is a major concern within database security since data is constantly being stolen leaving it unprotected against malicious users. Confidentiality is the protection against disclosure of sensitive information, integrity is the protection against unauthorised access and modification to sensitive data. (Druzovec, Holbl & Turkanovic …show more content…
However, there are various techniques to prevent the two types of attacks on database, direct and indirect. For direct attacks, the user will directly try to obtain sensitive data from the database with queries. Primary methods used to control direct attacks is access control to correctly classify data sets (Hylkema