Security
Element
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Description
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User
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An
individual or group of individuals represented by a single user identity.
|
Privileges
|
The
database privileges explicitly or automatically granted to a user or
database.
|
Logon
|
The
process of submitting user credentials when requesting access to the
database.
|
Authentication
|
The
process by which the user identified in the logon is verified.
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Authorization
|
The
process that determines the database privileges available to the user.
|
Security
Mechanism
|
A
method that provides specific authentication, confidentiality, and integrity
services for a database session.
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Network
Traffic Protection
|
The
process for protecting message traffic between Teradata Database and
network-attached clients against interception, theft, or other form of
attack.
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Message
Integrity
|
Checks
data sent across the network against what was received to ensure no data was
lost or changed.
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Access
Logs
|
Logs
that provide the history of users accessing the database and the database
objects accessed.
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Users
Users that access Teradata
Database must be defined in the database or a supported directory.
