Reflecting on this Chapter

Securing and protecting a Microsoft Access database is like heading out to sea in a rusty boat: you initially need to fill all the big holes in the hull so that you stop sinking. Once those important tasks are completed, you keep plugging the holes until you can turn the bilge pump off. Naturally, some big storms may await over the horizon, water may still keep coming in over the side, and you may find more holes in the hull as time goes on. In other words, you have to be forever vigilant.

In this chapter, you found out that workgroup security and the MDE format are two big plugs that fill the security holes. After that, if you just keep working along with all the other tricks, you will happily sail across the ocean without needing to turn on the pumps too often.