breaches of security may affect other parts of the system, which may in turn affect the database. Consequently, database security encompasses hardware, software, people, and data. To effectively implement security requires appropriate controls, which are defined in specific mission objectives for the system. This need for security, while often having been neglected or overlooked in the past, is now increasingly recognized by organizations. The reason for this turnaround is the increasing amounts of crucial corporate data being stored on computer and the acceptance that any loss or unavailability of this data could prove to be disastrous