VURAL, Yılmaz Gazi Üniversitesi, Turkey , SAĞIROĞLU, Şeref Gazi Üniversitesi - Müh -Mim Fakültesi - Bilgisayar Mühendisliği Bölümü, Turkey

Database Management Systems Security: Recent Threats and Prevention Methods

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The core functionality of a Database Management System (DBMS) is to store and secure critical personal and corporate data. Number of web based applications using databases accessed through internet are increasing day by day. Preventing this environment and applications most of the time is not enough and possible, the counter measures, security threats and breaches are increasingly faced in general. In addition to the technical prevention methods, human factors and user awareness from beginners to experts must be taken into account. Extra effort should be spent to raise user awareness to a desired minimum level. This article explains the system components interacting with any DBMS directly and indirectly and presents a solution framework handling all components from a multi layered point of view. It is concluded that DBMS security can be achieved through to the presented solution framework to protect any particular DBMS from security threats and to provide DBMS security awareness.

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Database Security , Information Security , Protection Methods of Database Security , Recent Threats

Journal Of Polytechnic

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