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Important Issues for a Database While Making Policy for Database Design.


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Important Issues for a Database While Making Policy for Database Design.




When designing a database, especially for databases with critical information it is

important to consider some critical issues that will ensure the security of information in the

database. The first consideration will be on system security policy where we have three

categories namely: Operating system security, User authentication, and database access

management


Operating system security. This is a policy regarding privileges of the administrator to

create, or delete data. This helps to know who did what on what data at what time, and

everyone in the system including the administrators are accountable for their transactions in

the system. User authentication involves the use of passwords that are preset for different

users. Finally, database access management is the control of nodes that access the server. A

trusted party is given the privilege to do the job of user administrator (Silverston & Agnew,

2009).


Data security policy is another consideration. Users are allowed to access certain data in

the system according to the level of privilege they have. Sensitive information is only

accessible to individuals with high-level privilege. If a database has a lot of sensitive data then

the controls are tighter (Basta & Zgola, 2011). Auditing policy is another factor to consider. It

is important for the evaluation of any security breach, and measures are put in place to avert

future cases.


User security policy is also critical in security design for a database as it allows the system

to have a username, password management, and also know roles of users, and the privileges

during access. Finally, password management policy is also a critical consideration. For a

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