An Overview of Security in Distributed Database Management System

Databases are exceptionally familiar in businesses. The ordinary database is naturally held on a central server and people log in to the system to query or update the database. Still, there is an additional type of database known as a distributed database that bids advantages for some kinds of organization. This paper will examine the underlying features of the distributed database system and its security. Learning the task of distributed database management system will lead us to a successful design. Developing a successful distributed database system requires to address the importance of security issues that may arise and possibly compromise the access control and the integrity of the system. This paper propose some solutions for some security aspects such as multilevel access control, confidentiality, reliability, integrity and recovery that pertain to a distributed database system.