Section outline

    • week 8 Book

      Teaching and Learning Methods to be Employed

      1.    Lecture on security mechanisms with live SQL demonstrations

      2.    SQL injection attack demonstration and prevention

      3.    Lab: Creating users, granting/revoking privileges in MySQL

      4.    Discussion: NDPR compliance for Nigerian database systems

       

      Learning Outcomes / Objectives

      By the end of this week, students should be able to:

      1.    Describe the major threats to database security.

      2.    Explain authentication, authorisation, and access control in DBMS.

      3.    Use SQL DCL commands (GRANT, REVOKE) to manage user privileges.

      4.    Explain how database views provide security through data abstraction.

      5.    Describe SQL injection and how to prevent it.

      6.    Explain encryption and audit trails as security mechanisms.

      7.    Describe the requirements of NDPR for database-driven applications.

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    • Course Discussion Forum
      Due: Friday, 24 July 2026, 6:51 AM