9 Reliability and Integrity Reliability: in the context of databases, reliability is the ability to run for long periods without failing Database integrity: concern that the database as a whole is protected against damage Element integrity concern that the value of a specific data element is written or changed only by authorized users Element accuracy: concern that only correct values are written into the elements of a database From Security in Computing, Fifth Edition, by Charles P Pfleeger, et al. (ISBN: 9780134085043) Copyright 2015 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reservedReliability and Integrity • Reliability: in the context of databases, reliability is the ability to run for long periods without failing • Database integrity: concern that the database as a whole is protected against damage • Element integrity: concern that the value of a specific data element is written or changed only by authorized users • Element accuracy: concern that only correct values are written into the elements of a database 9 From Security in Computing, Fifth Edition, by Charles P. Pfleeger, et al. (ISBN: 9780134085043). Copyright 2015 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved