Security considerations for present and future medical databases.
In this paper we consider the security of medical databases. We give an overview of the security problems and the possible available mechanisms for the prevention of security compromises. Many of the security problems are common to all databases. However, the problem of data inference from statistical queries is particularly pertinent to medical databases and consequently we treat this problem in more detail. The paper concludes with a proposal for a Security Subsystem in a database management system.
Miller
M
M
Department of Computer Science, University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia.
Cooper
J
J
D016494:Computer Security; D003628:Database Management Systems; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D007256:Information Systems; D014584:User-Computer Interface