Data Management and Security

• Database Security Management – it is the process in securing your data and the user file itself
• Mechanisms providing data security

  • Data Encryption
  • Strong User Authentication
  • Auditing
  • Backup Solutions
• Data Encryption – mechanism of adding values to a saved password
• Strong User Authentication – the mechanism which limits the number of logins an authorized user may have.
• Auditing – one of the vital programs that is always injected in every database or application that uses a database management system
• Backup Solutions – the mechanism that allows you to backup or save a copy of the database in another offline storage media location
• Username – is the unique name assigned to every user for their login security credentials
• Password – is an alphanumeric key that a user will use to secure his/her credentials
• Asterisk – are used as the default masking key to prevent someone from seeing the password
• Guidelines that you must consider in setting up your password:

  1. Does not contain the Account Name of the User
  2. At least 8 characters long
  3. Contains characters from the following 4 categories: a. Uppercase letters (A-Z) b. Lowercase letters (a-z) c. Base 10 digits (0-9) d. Non-alphanumeric characters (!, @, #, $, %, &, *, (, )
• Hackers - are people who break into computer systems for various reasons, such as stealing data, installing malware, or disrupting service.
• Hacking - is an illegal act of identifying and then exploiting weaknesses in a computer system or network, usually to gain unauthorized access to personal or organizational data.
• Backup – is a duplicate copy of data into another location, drive or folder
• Restoration – the process of restoring or retrieving data when there is power interruption
• Example of a login page:

  
• The 6 Different Types of Hackers:

  1. Black Hat Hackers
  2. White Hat Hackers
  3. Grey Hat Hackers
  4. Red Hat Hackers
  5. Blue Hat Hackers
  6. Green Hat Hackers
• Black Hat Hackers - Bad hackers who use cyber attacks to gain money or to achieve another agenda.
• White Hat Hackers - Ethical hackers who protect your system from black hat hackers.
• Grey Hat Hackers - Hackers who cruise the line between being good and bad. Penetrate systems without permission but typically don't cause harm.
• Red Hat Hackers - Hackers who use cyber attack to attack black hat hackers.
• Blue Hat Hackers - Hackers who seek to take personal revenge, or outside security professionals that companies hire to test new software & other products to find vulnerabilities prior to release.
• Green Hat Hackers - Newbie hackers who are learning to hack.
• Parts of MS ACCESS:

  A) Object-type

  B) Objects

  C) Navigation pane

  D) Open Objects

  E) Ribbon

  F) Close Object

  G) Status bar

  H) Quick Access Toolbar

  
• Green Hat Hackers - They're often not aware of the consequences of their actions & cause unintentional damage without knowing how to fix it.
• Grey Hat Hackers - Draw attention to vulnerabilities and often offer a solution to patch them by charging fees.
• Red Hat Hackers - Their intentions are noble, but these hackers often take unethical or illegal routes to take down bad hackers.
• White Hat Hackers - Penetrate the system with the owner's permission to find and fix security vulnerabilities and mitigate cyberattacks.
• Black Hat Hackers - These hackers penetrate systems without permission to exploit known or zero-dav vulnerabilities.
• <img/> short for image, used to display image on a page
• <br/> short for break, used to display breaks on a page
• <p/> used to display paragraph
• &nbsp; is used to create space/spacing between
• MouseClick is the event when the mouse is clicked
• OnLoad is the event occurs when the form is activated in code by the user
• DoubleClick is the event when the mouse is clicked twice
• FALSE - Closed is the event when the form is opened
• MDI stands for Multiple Document Interface
• <h1> stands for heading text used for headings