Establishing Secure Databases

Organizations rely on databases to store crucial information, including customer details, order tracking, credit card numbers, and employee data. Securing databases is paramount to mitigate unauthorized access, data manipulation, and destruction.

This section details the different types of database management systems (DBMSs) and discusses how they are used and their key features. Then, you will look at open Database Connectivity (ODBC), attacks and databases, mitigations, the role of machine learning, and artificial intelligence. First, we will start with database models.

Database Models

Databases play an important part in most organizational structures, as they are where the data is kept. There are various database models, with different types offering different ways of managing and organizing data effectively. The hierarchical database model, with its tree-like structure, illustrates parent-child relationships and is suitable for hierarchical...