TEC 5363 Database Security

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Discussions for Week 2

This is the second discussion of the semester. Please follow the rules for discussion, which are available at the course policy page. Your discussion will be graded according to the policy.

I am reprinting the discussion rules from the course policy below for your reference:

The following guidelines will be followed for evaluation.  Each question will have a total of 100 achievable points for the week.

a. Responsiveness to the right question (hit the point). (20 points)

b. Clarity of response. (10 points)

c. Completeness of response. (15 points)

d. Support for response from reading or other resources. (20 points)

e. Correct sentence structure and spelling.  Please use complete sentences and correct English grammar/spelling. (10 points)

f. Professionalism or Netiquette (no bad languages). All comments have to politically and ethically correct. (10 points)

g. Reply to at least one other students' discussions.  (10 points)

h. Do not use such expressions as "I do not know." Offer your insight or suggestions.

i. Have a sense of humor (5 points)

j. Timely bonus: The first 5 students responding to the posted question will receive bonus points in the scale of 10, 8, 6, 4, 2. The first one will receive 10, and the fifth one will have 2 points.

 

Discussion Topic:

1. Why are data and database are critical for any organization? Every student is required to research and find out one real example that data and database have to be protected.

2. Why and how databases are vulnerable in any organization?

 

Discussion Board (WebCT) Procedure:

  1. Login WebCT.
  2. You will log on to your WebCT desktop with your login username and password.
  3. Click on TEC5363 Database Security. 
  4. Click on the "Discussion" icon from the TEC5363 web site. 
  5. Click "Week 2: System Security Architecture" for the second week's discussion.
  6. Under Subject, click "Week 2: System Security Architecture." Please do not click Compose Discussion Message!!!
  7. Click "Reply" button.
  8. Compose your message. Press "Preview" to check for errors.
  9. After your check your reply, click "Post" button.

When you are ready, please click Discussion Board to login.