Information Technology Reference
In-Depth Information
These.include.Oracle,.Microsoft's.SQL,.and.the.open-source.
version,.MySQL.or.SQLLite.
Access. to. databases. is. controlled. by. authentication. rules.
within.the.database.
An. employee. in. an. enterprise. environment. should. have.
access. to. only. the. part. of. the. database. that. is. required. to.
complete.his.or.her.work.
There.may. be.many. different.front-end.applications. that.
access.and.manage.different.subsets.of.data.from.one.large.
database..These.front-ends.might.consist.of.separate.smaller.
databases. or. other. applications. that. use. the. data. from. the.
larger.database.
Front-end.applications.can.be.located.on.workstations.or.
run.over.a.network.intranet.or.the.Internet.via.Web.sites..Web.
sites.often.have.databases.from.which.they.get.data.and.to.
which.they.send.data.collected.on.Web.forms.
Access.to.your.simple.database.at.home.may.be.compara-
tively.open.if.you.have.not.secured.it.with.a.password,.but.the.
database.owner.or.administrator.controls.that.access.by.his.
or.her.design.decisions.when.the.database.is.built.or.as.it.is.
managed.going.forward.
Data.stored.in.databases.are.accessible.only.with.the.cor-
rect.level.of.authentication..In.a.typical.enterprise.this.requires.
a.user.identiication.and.password.
In. larger. organizations. usually. only. system. or. database.
administrators. have. access. to. all. of. the. data,. including. the.
coding. within. the. database. that. controls. how. it. works. and.
the.log.information.that.identiies.who.accessed.the.database.
If.you.are.the.manager.or.owner.of.an.organization,.the.
counsel.for.an.organization,.the.records.manager,.or.a.com-
pliance. oficer,. this. may. be. the. data. you. need. to. preserve,.
analyze,. or. manage. for. legal. or. compliance. reasons.. It. is.
important.to.understand.all.of.the.different.types.and.loca-
tions.of.databases.in.your.environment,.who.owns.them,.and.
who.has.administrative.access.to.them.
A.very.important.irst.step.toward.complying.with.records.
management. regulations. or. legal. rules. or. just. your. own.
