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The competitive edge of many companies and public trust in government
institutions can often depend on the security of the information held
in databases. Breaches of that security - whether deliberate or
accidental - can be profoundly damaging. Security is therefore a highly
topical issue for both designers and users of database systems.
This book provides an authoritative account of security issues in
databases systems and shows how current commercial or future systems may
be designed to ensure secrecy, integrity and confidentiality.
Features include:
- comprehensive, in-depth coverage of database security, including
models, systems, architectures and standards
- emphasis on the design of a secure database
- coverage of available security mechanisms and protection measures
provided by operating systems, DBMS and data-security packages
- up-to-date trends in database security, including issues of security
in object-oriented databases, in statistical databases and in database
auditing.
This book is suitable for advanced courses on database security, and is a reference not only for database administrators and designers, systems analysts and developers, but also for IT managers responsible for the security of information systems.