Tag Archives: SQL

Database Threats and Security Measures to Protect Against Them

Data Protection

Database Threats and Security Measures to Protect Against them The following are a few well-known threats to database and Database Management Systems (DBMS), and mitigating strategies used to help protect against them. Excessive privileges. When users or applications granted database access privileges that exceed what is needed to complete tasks opens the opportunity to abuse privileges for malicious… Read More »

Schema-Based Access Control for SQL Server Databases

Access Control

Schema-Based Access Control for SQL Server Databases Database access controls are based on the principle that the users of databases should have permissions to view, modify or delete only the data in databases relevant to their job. This is also known as the principle of least privilege. No users including Database Administrators (DBA) should be exempt from this… Read More »