Project Identification And Business Environment

Project Identification and Business EnvironmentIn order to secure a database within business organization a proper security management plan has to be developed and implemented. Database management security policy should include strategies that include privacy of sensitive information using privacy acts, analysis process using tools for large amount of data for better performance, backup and recovery operations in case of data loss and use of intrusion detection system for protecting against attackers. Establish authorities and responsibilities for database security managementThere are several authorities which are responsible for performing database security operations. These authorities namely: System Administrator (SYSADM) authority for major database operations, System Control (SYSCTRL) authority for maintenance and utility operations, System Maintenance Authority (SYSMAINT) for maintaining sensitive data, DBA (Database Administrative Authority) for accessing database and Load authority. Responsibilities for securing the database such as database administrator should remove all unused login details from the database when they are disabled. It is the responsibility of the system administrator to apply security protocols such as authentication and encryption methods for clients who are accessing their database applications. Procedures for Operational and incident management in database security While performing database operations there can be many incidents