Database Security: Is Your Data Vulnerable?

Mary Romero Sweeney
Independent Consultant

Description:

There are many levels of software security. How secure it the most important component of your application: your database? Quality Control organizations must step up to the challenge of ensuring data security with appropriate tests that focus on this vital area. In this session you’ll learn what your test team needs to know about protecting your server, your database connections, controlling access to your database tables and restricting access to the database server itself.

If your data is in jeopardy, your entire system is at risk. Learn the basics about testing to ensure protection for the critical database component.


Biography:

Mary Sweeney has been developing, using, and testing relational database systems for 20 years. She’s the author of Visual Basic for Testers (Apress, 2001) and several published articles on test automation topics. Mary is a college professor and also performs independent consultation and training (www.ExceedTraining.com). She has a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and computer science from Seattle University.