Database Vulnerabilities

Database Vulnerabilities I. Introduction Computer crime has been defined as, “Criminal activity directly related to the use of computers, specifically illegal trespass into the computer system or database of another, manipulation or theft of stored or on-line data, or sabotage of equipment and data.” The purpose of this work is to examine breaches in computer security. As a future IT professional, with the possibility of being in charge of protecting the security of a database, …

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