Chapter 13. Protecting Database Data
Databases are used extensively in our daily lives. Just about every time we make a purchase, withdraw money, log in to a computer, or use a badge to activate an electronic door, data about us is being captured in or retrieved from a database. Everyone who gets one of your checks or reads your credit card to fulfill a transaction has an opportunity to add your information to a database. Think about when you buy an item at a yard sale with a check. That person has the opportunity to capture all the personal information on your check in a database. Some nightclubs are even making electronic copies of their patrons' driver's license information when they enter the club. Although sophistication in the ways data ...
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