Database Security and
Auditing: Protecting Data
Integrity and Accessibility
Chapter 10
Security and Auditing Project Cases
Objectives
 Design and implement security and auditing
solutions for many common business situations
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Case 1: Developing an Online
Database
• Web site to provide a forum for database
technical tips, issues, and scripts
– Technical documents
– A forum where members can exchange ideas
and share experiences
– Online access so that members can query or try
the site’s technical examples and scripts
– A tips section
– Technical support for error messages
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Case 1: Developing an Online
Database (continued)
• Security requirements
– 10 public host database accounts that allow
multiple sessions
– Password of a public host account must be reset
to original setting whenever disconnects or
logoffs occur
– Maximum duration for a session is 45 minutes.
– Allocations will be set on memory and CPU
usage
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Case 1: Developing an Online
Database (continued)
• Security requirements (continued)
– Storage for public host account limited to 1 MB
– Public host accounts will have privileges to
create the most common database objects
– Newly created database objects must be
removed before logoff
– Database must have the default human
resources (HR) user account enabled
– Session information must be recorded for future
analysis
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Case 2: Taking Care of Payroll
• Objective
– Design and implement a virtual private database
for the existing payroll application
– Allow each client to administer his own payroll
data without violating the privacy of other clients
• Platform
– Oracle or SQL Server
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Case 2: Taking Care of Payroll
(continued)
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Case 3: Tracking Town Contracts
• Objective
– Develop new database application to keep track
of the jobs awarded to different contractors
• Requirements
– Track all changes made to the application data
– Obtain approval of project manager before
accepting contract job for more than $10,000
– Alert project manager whenever awarded job is
modified to a value greater than $10,000
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Case 3: Tracking Town Contracts
(continued)
• Security levels
– DEPARTMENT CLERK level allows clerks to
add and update records.
– DEPARTMENT MANAGER level allows
manager to add, update, delete, and approve
records
– EXTERNAL CLERK level allows employees
outside the department only to view data
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Case 3: Tracking Town Contracts
(continued)
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Case 4: Tracking Database Changes
• Objectives
– Solve a series of database and application
violations
– Know who accessed these databases, modified
data, and changed the data structure
– Have an audit trail for all activities
• Not interested in a historical data changes trail
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Case 4: Tracking Database Changes
(continued)
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Case 5: Developing a Secured
Authorization Repository
• Objective
– Create a security data model that will be used by
the central authorization module
– Model should include an auditing repository
• Application users, roles, applications, and
application modules
• Security requirements
– One database user account for the application
schema owner
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Case 5: Developing a Secured
Authorization Repository (continued)
• Security requirements (continued)
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Database-assigned roles are not allowed
There must be application roles only
Application user assigned to application modules
Application user assigned a security level that
indicates type of operations allowed
• Operations are READ, WRITE, DELETE, and
ADMINISTER
– Passwords stored within security module
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Case 5: Developing a Secured
Authorization Repository (continued)
• Security requirements (continued)
– Each user has a logon identification number that
will be used to logon to the application
– Security model should have flexibility to logically
lock, disable, and remove accounts
– Application accounts must have an activation
date and expiry date
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Case 5: Developing a Secured
Authorization Repository (continued)
• Auditing requirements
– Audit trail of date and time a user connects and
disconnects from the application
– Audit trail of application operations
• Includes date and time operations were performed
by the application user
– Audit trail of all activities and operations
performed on the security module
– Auditing module coupled with security module
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