Database security defines the collective measures used to protect and secure a database or database management software from unauthorized use and malicious cyber threats and attacks. Database security is a layer of information security. It is basically concerned with physical protection of information, encryption of data in storage and data remanence issues.Database security procedures are aimed at protecting not only the data internal the database, but the database management system and some applications that access it from intrusion, misuse of information, and damage.It is a general term that contains a multitude of procedure, tools and methodologies that provide security within ... Read More

There are various types of firewalls which are as follows −Traditional network firewalls − Packet-filtering network firewalls supports essential network protection by helping to avoid unwanted traffic from receiving into the corporate network. They work by using a group of network firewall security rules to decide whether to enable or deny access to the network.It involves denying entry to some traffic except for traffic destined for definite ports corresponding to specific software running inside the corporate network and enabling or denying access to data using specific protocols or from specific IP addresses.Circuit-level GatewaysCircuit-level gateways are another simplified type of firewall ... Read More

Hardware firewalls use a physical appliance that facilitate in a manner same to a traffic router to intercept data packets and traffic requests before they are linked to the network's servers. Physical appliance-based firewalls like this excel at perimeter security by creating sure malicious traffic from external the network is intercepted before the company's network endpoints are unprotected to risk.A hardware firewall supports redundancy in firewall rules so that a mistake that accidentally enable malicious traffic by host-based firewall application doesn’t leave the complete system open. For instance, a covered device using included Microsoft Windows host-based firewall can “automatically” be ... Read More

An application firewall is a type of firewall that search, monitors and controls network, web and local system access and operations to and from an application or service. This type of firewall creates it possible to control and handle the operations of an application or service that is outside to the IT environment.Application firewalls secure application communications in a same manner that network firewalls take network communications. Because they are familiar of the languages applications use to transmit data, they can deny or change invalid or suspicious activities protecting organizations against attacks.An application firewall is generally used as an improvement ... Read More

The screening router firewall is called a network level or packet-filter firewall. Such a firewall works by screening incoming packets by protocol attributes. The protocol attributes screened can involve source or destination address, type of protocol, source or destination port, or multiple protocol-specific attributes.Screening routers are set up using rules to filter access using defined protocols or to and from predefined addresses, passing or rejecting an IP packet based on data included in the packet header.A screening router is an essential part of most firewalls. A screening router can be a commercial router or a host-based router with some sort ... Read More

Packet filtering is cheap to implement. It should be understood that a packet filtering device does not support the same level of security as an application or proxy firewall. All except the most trivial of IP networks is composed of IP subnets and include routers. Each router is a potential filtering point. Because the value of the router has been absorbed, more cost for packet filtering is not needed.Packet filtering is suitable where there are simple security requirements. The internal (private) networks of some organizations are not highly segmented. Highly sophisticated firewalls are not essential for isolating one element of ... Read More

Packet filtering is controlling access to a network by inspecting the incoming and outgoing packets and letting them move or halting them depends on the IP address of the source and destination. Packet filtering is one technique for implementing security firewalls.Packet filtering is both a tool and a method that is a fundamental building structure of network security. It is a tool in that it is an instrument that aids in accomplishing a function. It is a technique because it is an approach of accomplishing a task.In the framework of a TCP/IP network, a packet filter watches every IP datagram, ... Read More

There are various types of Proxy Server which are as follows −Forward Proxy Server − A forward proxy is a type of proxy server that generally passes requests from users in an internal network to the internet through a firewall.Forward proxies are configured to allow or deny the user's request to change through the firewall to create content on the Internet. If the proxy enable the user's request, it forwards it to the internet server through the firewall. The internet server sends its response to the proxy. The proxy sends this return back to the user.Public proxy − Public proxies ... Read More

A proxy server is an intermediary server that fetch data from an Internet source, including a webpage, on behalf of a user. They act as more data security boundaries securing users from malicious events on the internet.Proxy servers have some uses, and it is based on their configuration and type. Common uses contains facilitating anonymous Internet browsing, bypassing geoblocking, and regulating internet requests.Proxy servers enable users to browse the web more privately by changing your IP address and other recognizing data on the computer. Proxy servers maintain the personal data private, therefore the server does not understand who has create ... Read More

DMZ stand for the Demilitarized Zone. It defines a host or network that acts as a secure and intermediate network or path among an organization's internal network and the external, or non-propriety, network. It is called a network perimeter or perimeter network.DMZ is generally implemented to secure an inside network from interaction with and exploitation and access by outside nodes and networks. DMZ can be a logical subnetwork, or a physical network acting as a secure bridge among an inside and outside network.A DMZ network has limited access to the inside network, and some communication is scanned on a firewall ... Read More