Why Are the Security Measures Taken by DBMSs Unlikely to Be

question 34

Essay

Why are the security measures taken by DBMSs unlikely to be sufficient to prevent attacks by themselves?

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Definitions:

Standard Deviation

An indicator used to determine the extent of fluctuation or scatter among data points in a collection.

Central Limit Theorem

A statistical theory that states that given a sufficiently large sample size from a population with a finite level of variance, the mean of all samples from the same population will be approximately equal to the mean of the population.

Sampling Distribution

The distribution of a statistic (like the mean) that would result from taking a large number of samples from a population.

Sample Size

The number of observations or data points in a sample used to estimate characteristics of a population.