A Study on Encoding and Security in the Databases
Vemuri Saranya1, Ch.V. Phani Krishna2

1Vemuri Saranya, Student, CSE Department, K L University ,Vaddeswaram, Guntur Dist, Andhra Pradesh, India.
2Ch.V.Phani Krishna, Associate Professor, CSE Department, K L University, Vaddeswaram, Guntur Dist, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Manuscript received on April 11, 2013. | Revised Manuscript Received on April 12, 2013. | Manuscript published on April 25, 2013. | PP: 52-57 | Volume-1, Issue-6, April 2013. | Retrieval Number: F0255041613/2013©BEIESP
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Abstract: Security has become one of the important challenges in today’s worlds that people are facing all over the world in every aspect of their lives likewise security in electronic world has a great significance. In this paper we study the security and encoding in the database. This is an area of firm interest in database because we know that, the use of database is becoming very important in today’s enterprise. Databases contain lot of information that is major enterprise asset. This study will exhibit the issues and threats in database security, requirements of database security and how encoding (encryption) is used at different levels to provide the security in the databases.
Keywords: Databases, Security, Encryption, Access Controls.