Maintaining correctness, availability, and unambiguity in trusted database management systems

Author

Meadows, Catherine ; Jajodia, Sushil

Author_Institution

US Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC, USA

fYear

1988

fDate

12-16 Dec 1988

Firstpage

106

Lastpage

110

Abstract

The various kinds of threats to integrity and security that arise in multilevel secure database systems are examined. The authors consider the various kinds of integrity constraints on a database and describe the conflicts between security and the various general integrity properties. They then consider an example of a trusted DBMS (database management system), in the spirit of R. Burns´ `homework problem´ (1988) in the RADC database security workshop, to illustrate how the problem of conflict between integrity and the requirements of trusted databases may arise, and how it may be minimized. In each case, they discuss the tradeoffs between correctness, availability, and unambiguity, and how they affect recoverability

Keywords

data integrity; database management systems; security of data; software reliability; RADC database security workshop; availability; correctness; homework problem; integrity constraints; integrity properties; multilevel secure database systems; recoverability; security threats; trusted DBMS; trusted database management systems; unambiguity; Computer security; Data security; Database systems; Distributed databases; Information security; Laboratories; Management information systems; Sections; Systems engineering and theory;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Aerospace Computer Security Applications Conference, 1988., Fourth

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

Print_ISBN

0-8186-0895-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ACSAC.1988.113424

Filename

113424