Database Security
What is database security Database security refers to the range of tools, controls, and measures designed to establish and preserve database confidentiality, integrity, and availability. This article will focus primarily on confidentiality since it’s the element that’s compromised in most data breaches. Database security must address and protect the following: -The data in the database -The database management system (DBMS) -Any associated applications -The physical database server and/or the virtual database server and the underlying hardware -The computing and/or network infrastructure used to access the database Database security is a complex and challenging endeavor that involves all aspects of information security technologies and practices. It’s also naturally at odds with database usability. The more accessible and usable the database, the more vulnerable it is to security threats; the more invulnerable the database is to threats, the more diffi...