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DB Administration and Security

The document defines key terms related to databases and database administration. It explains that a database administrator's roles include both managerial and technical responsibilities like establishing security policies, installing database management systems, and ensuring performance and backup/recovery. The document also outlines the importance of databases for organizing data and making it available to users, and discusses tools and strategies for database administration as well as the goals of database security including confidentiality, integrity and availability of data.

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DB Administration and Security

The document defines key terms related to databases and database administration. It explains that a database administrator's roles include both managerial and technical responsibilities like establishing security policies, installing database management systems, and ensuring performance and backup/recovery. The document also outlines the importance of databases for organizing data and making it available to users, and discusses tools and strategies for database administration as well as the goals of database security including confidentiality, integrity and availability of data.

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Database Administration

and Security
By: Galana Amante & Hawi Mokonen

Ambo University
Overview
Definitions
 Importance of Database
Database administrator’s role
Database administration tools and strategies
Security
Security policies and vulnerabilities
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Definition of terms
Data
 raw facts from which information is produced
A valuable resource that can translate into information
Database
 Collection of related and well organized data
Repository of data, designed to support efficient data
storage, retrieval and maintenance
Administration
The act of managing duties, responsibilities, or rules.
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Definitions of terms…..
Administrator: is a person who ensures that an
organization operates efficiently.
Data Administration:
A high-level function that is responsible for the overall
management of data resources in an organization,
including maintaining corporate-wide definitions and
standards
Database Administration:
A technical function that is responsible for physical database design
and for dealing with technical issues such as security enforcement,
database performance, and backup and recovery

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Definition of terms…

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Importance of Database
Interpretation and presentation of data in useful
format by transforming raw data into information
Distribution of data and information to the right
people at the right time
Data preservation and monitoring the data usage for
adequate period of time
Control over data duplication and use, both internally
and externally
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Database Administrator’s Role
Managerial roles
Establishing policies, procedure and standards
Ensuring data privacy and security
Interacts with end user by providing data and information
Coordinating, monitoring, allocating resources(people,
data)

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Database Administrator’s Role
Technical Roles
Selection of hardware and software
Installing/upgrading DBMS
Tuning database performance
Managing data security, privacy, and integrity
Data backup and recovery

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Database Administration tools and strategies
Data Dictionary-two main types of data dictionaries
exist
Integrated-included with the DBMS.
Standalone-used independently parallel with DBMS
Data dictionaries can also be classified as active or
passive
Active-automatically updated by the DBMS with every database
access, thereby keeping its access information up to date
Passive-is not updated automatically and usually requires
running a batch process

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Database Administration tools and strategies
CASE(Computer Aided System Engineering)
Provides an automated framework for the Systems
Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

Uses structured methodologies and powerful graphical


interfaces

Classified as front-end and back-end CASE tools


according to the extent of support they provide
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Database Administration tools and strategies

Strategy-describes how the ends (goals) will be


achieved by the means (resources).

Database administration strategy must not


conflict with the IS plan

Most commonly used methodology is known as


information engineering (IE)
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Security
Protection of the data against accidental or
intentional loss, destruction, or misuse

Activities and measures to ensure the


confidentiality, integrity, and availability of an
information system and its main asset, data.

In general, Securing data entails securing overall


information system architecture
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Security…..
Confidentiality
• deals with ensuring that data is protected against unauthorized access

• entails safeguarding data against disclosure of any information that


would violate the privacy rights of a person or organization.

Integrity
• is concerned with keeping data consistent, free of errors, or
anomalies.

• focuses on maintaining the data free of inconsistencies and anomalies

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Security……
Availability
• accessibility of data when ever by authorized users for
authorized purposes

• System availability is an important goal of security

• It is insured by protecting entire system(not only data


component) from service degradation or interruption caused
by any source.
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Security policy & Vulnerabilities
A security policy is a collection of standards, policies, and
procedures created to guarantee the security of a system

A security vulnerability is a weakness in a system


component that could be exploited to allow unauthorized
access or cause service disruptions.
Some types: technical, managerial, cultural, procedural, and so
on

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Summary
Data is raw resources that information produced from
Information is a processed data
Database is collection of related and well organized
data

DA- A high-level function that is responsible for the


overall management of data resources
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Summary…..
DBA- A technical function that is responsible for physical
database

Security is protection of the data against accidental or


intentional loss, destruction, or misuse

Security refers to activities and measures to ensure the


confidentiality, integrity, and availability of an information
system and its main asset, data.

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Security…
Generally speaking, in database security:
Data are Protected, Reconstructable, Auditable,
Tamperproof

Users are Identifiable, Authorized, Monitored

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Reference
Database Systems: Design, Implementation,
and Management, Ninth Edition Carlos
Coronel, Steven Morris, and Peter Rob

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Thank you

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