Impact of external security measures on data access implementation with online database management system

The creation and phenomenal growth of the Internet has spawned the emergence of a global information society. The scientific, engineering, and educational communities are all using the Internet as an indispensable tool for collaboration and rapid dissemination of information on advances and practice at all levels of scientific and engineering endeavors. Critical national infrastructures supporting such vital areas like banking, communications, and defense are growing progressively more dependent upon Internet-based application. All of these benefits that the Internet can provide are subject to disruption by Internet-based cyber attacks that use the speed and global connectivity of the global computer network to cross national boundaries with ease. The local and global implications of an increasingly critical societal dependence on the Internet makes necessary the ability to deter, or to minimize, the effect of cyber attacks, by enhancing the security. The implementation of additional layers to enhance security in either a client/server or online database management system environment does have an impact on the response time for queries. The research presented in this paper was conducted at Howard University as part of a research project at the graduate school.