Security in Databases
Steven P. Reiss · Journal of the ACM · 1979
Security ~s considered m the context of an abstract model of a database where queries revolving the mean or medmn of a pnvdeged field are allowed For this model, the method of lumtmg the number and types of quenes that can be asked of such a database is constdered as a means for providmg statistical access whale insuring that no mdlwdual data are compromised The resultant questions are primarily combinatorial m nature and are mterestmg m themselves KEY WORDS AND PHRASES statistical database, data security,