Teaching Database Security in an Undergraduate Database Administration Course Serving Computer Science, Information Technology and Cybersecurity Students
Mir Hasan, Joseph V. Elarde, Barry Bruster · 2022
With increasing cyberattacks in today's data-driven world, the demand for database security professional is increasing. Teaching an advanced topic such as database security at undergraduate level can be challenging. This work reports our experience teaching database security topics in a recently developed database administration course. Different methods to ensure database security such as data encryption, authentication, authorization, and change tracking are covered. Relevant hands-on demonstrations are developed to help students better understand the concepts and gain real-world insights into database security.