Database security II : status and prospects; results of the IFIP WG 11.3 Workshop on Database Security Kingston, Ontario, Canada, 5 - 7 October 1988.

Landwehr, Carl E. (Editor).

ISBN 10: 0444874836 / ISBN 13: 9780444874832

Editore: Amsterdam u.a. : North-Holland, 1989

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VIII, 281 S. : graph. Darst. Kleiner Bibl.-Institutsstempel auf fliegendem Blatt (Inventar-Löschstempel), typischer Bibliotheksaufkleber - überlappend auf beide Deckel - auf Buchrücken. Deckel fleckig, nsonsten gut erhaltenes Arbeitsexemplar. N07-9 ISBN 0444874836 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 650.

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• Titolo: Database security II : status and prospects; results of the IFIP WG 11.3 Workshop on Database Security Kingston, Ontario, Canada, 5 - 7 October 1988.
• Editore: Amsterdam u.a. : North-Holland
• Data di pubblicazione: 1989
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0444874836
• ISBN 13: 9780444874832
• Rilegatura: 22,5*15 cm. OPappband.
• Cataloghi dei venditori:
  • Arbeit und Technik - englischsprachig

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This second volume reports research and development results in the area of database security. Topics discussed include the development of a proper framework for stating database system security requirements, and particularly how the notion of roles can best be applied. The application of object-oriented database systems to enforce security requirements stated in terms of role authorizations appears to be a promising avenue for further work. Characterization and control of the problems of aggregation and inference have also been the subject of considerable effort and some progress. The utility of establishing a common problem framework for testing proposed solutions to database security problems is also recognized. The group tentatively agreed to use a hypothetical database of medical information for this purpose, since this application can involve complex yet intuitive requirements for secrecy, integrity, and availability. Such a database could require controlling access authorizations for a variety of roles including those of patients, doctors, nurses, pharmacists, epidemiological researchers, and insurers. Contents: Policy and Models. Security Models and Enterprise Models (J.E.