Object-oriented Data Bases

INTRODUCTION Object-oriented (OO) programming languages and OO analysis and design techniques influence data base systems design and development. The inevitable result is the object-oriented data base management system (OODBMS). Many of the established data base vendors are incorporating objectoriented concepts into their products in an effort to facilitate data base design and development in the increasingly object-oriented world of distributed processing. In addition to improving the process of data base design and administration, the incorporation of object-oriented principles offers new tools for securing the information stored in the data base. This article explains the basics of data base security, the differences between securing relational and object-oriented systems, and some specific issues related to the security of next-generation OODBMSs.