Journal of Database Management articles from April 2003

Journal of Database Management archives from April 2003

Data and information security. (Preface).(Editorial)
April 1, 2003... Any occurrence of an information security breach is a matter of grave concern for an organization and often leads to disastrous consequences. Organizations, however, tend to deal with security breaches in a reactive manner, building on...

A possibility theory framework for security evaluation in national infrastructure protection.
April 1, 2003... ABSTRACT Simple probability theory is not a good basis for security in the case of high-stakes information resources where these resources are subject to attacks upon national infrastructure or to battle space illumination. Probability...

Protecting data through `perturbation' techniques: the impact on knowledge discovery in databases.
April 1, 2003... ABSTRACT Data perturbation is a data security technique that adds `noise' to databases allowing individual record confidentiality. This technique allows users to ascertain key summary information about the data that is not distorted and...

Transaction-relationship oriented log division for data recovery from information attacks.
April 1, 2003... ABSTRACT The survivability of database systems in case of information attacks depends exclusively on the logging mechanism. The recovery methods specifically designed for recovery from information attacks require that the log must record...

Integrating digital signatures with relational databases: issues and organizational implications.
April 1, 2003... ABSTRACT This paper explores the nature and scope of integration of digital signatures with relational databases, such as integration is essential if Internet commerce is to succeed. While evaluating the pros and cons of the integration...

The contribution of IT governance solutions to the implementation of data warehouse practice. (Industry & Practice).
April 1, 2003... ABSTRACT Information systems (IS) strategic planners debate what is the most appropriate data warehouse (DW) topology for an organization. The primary question is whether to start DW projects with enterprise-wide data warehouses (EDWs) or...