Real World Microsoft Access Database Protection and Security
Real World Microsoft Access Database Protection and Security
ISBN: 1590591267
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 176
Pages: 176
Authors: Garry Robinson
- Table of Contents
- BackCover
- Real World Microsoft Access Database Protection and Security
- Foreword
- Chapter 1: The Access Protection and Security Driving Instructions
- The Overall Road Map
- Your Personal Driving Instructions
- About the Book and the Demonstration Material
- Secure Things that You Can do Now
- Does Upgrading Assist in Security?
- Further Reading
- Security: The Journey Never Ends
- What s Next?
- Chapter 2: Protecting Your Database with Startup Options
- Do I Need to Read this Chapter?
- Manually Changing Startup Options
- Programming the Startup Options
- The AllowBypassKey Property
- Using Homemade Accelerator Keys in Restricted Environments
- Further Reading
- Reflecting on this Chapter
- What s Next?
- Chapter 3: Using Database Options and Attributes to Protect Data and Objects
- How Will this Chapter Help Me?
- The Protection-Related Database Options
- Hiding Objects in the Database Window
- Further Reading
- Reflecting on this Chapter
- What s Next?
- Chapter 4: Providing a Solid Foundation with Good Programming Practices
- Is this Chapter Worth Reading Now?
- The AutoExec Macro Provides a Flexible Springboard
- Splitting Your Database to Make it Easier to Protect
- Error Handling Shields Your Code
- Further Reading
- Reflecting on this Chapter
- What s Next?
- Chapter 5: Backing up and Recovering Your Databases
- What You Must Know About Database Backups and Recoveries
- Backing up Multi-User Databases
- Normal Backups
- Creating Compressed (.ZIP) Archives
- Compacting Databases
- Saving Tables to Text Files
- Exporting and Recovering Programming Objects
- Size Does Matter: How the Text Backup Files Will Help
- Backing up Other Information
- Backing up Your Database by using Access 2003
- Further Reading
- Reflecting on this Chapter
- What s Next?
- Chapter 6: User and Object Surveillance
- Will Surveillance Really Help?
- The Jet User Roster Form
- The LDBView Utility
- The Access Workbench
- Logging Windows Users, Computers, and Access Accounts
- Recording When Objects are Opened
- Retrieving the Computer Name, Windows User ID, and Access Workgroup ID by using VBA Code
- Checking for Users Who Skip the Startup Sequence
- Further Reading
- Reflecting on this Chapter
- What s Next?
- Chapter 7: Protecting Your Database with Menus and Toolbars
- Will Menus and Toolbars Help Protect My Database?
- Building Toolbars, Menus, and Shortcut Menus
- Integrating Menus into Your Forms and Reports
- Modifying the Built-In Menus and Toolbars
- Further Reading
- Reflecting on this Chapter
- What s Next?
- Chapter 8: Developer Workgroup Security
- Why is Developer Workgroup Security so Important?
- The Developer Workgroup File Strategy
- Preparing Your Developer Workgroup File
- The Developer Workgroup File is Ready
- Securing Your Database with Your Developer Workgroup File
- One Secure Object Marks a Developer s Territory
- Transferring Ownership of the Database and all its Objects
- Maintaining Object Ownership and Change of Ownership
- Setting Database Permissions
- Further Reading
- Reflecting on this Chapter
- What s Next?
- Chapter 9: Security Concerns, Encryption, and Database Passwords
- What is it that We Should be Concerned About?
- Are Password Retrieval Programs all Bad?
- Importing Objects From Other Databases
- Database Encryption
- Workgroup Security Files
- Database Passwords
- VBA Project Passwords
- Further Reading
- So What are the Best Access Security Strategies?
- Reflecting on this Chapter
- What s Next?
- Chapter 10: Securing Data with Workgroup Security
- What do I Need to Know About Securing My Data?
- Trusting Your Workgroup File to Other Users
- Trusting Your Users by Adopting the Same Workgroup File
- Opening Databases with Shortcut Files
- Time for Reflection
- Security Wizards
- Securing Data with PID Authentication
- Protecting Data Outside the Company Network
- Server-Based Databases
- Further Reading
- Reflecting on this Chapter
- What s Next?
- Chapter 11: Object Protection and Security Measures
- Have I Done Enough to Protect the Objects in My Database?
- A Workgroup Security Refresher
- Protecting Linked Tables Paths with Remote Queries
- Protecting Your Query Design
- Hiding Your Query (Design) in Forms and VBA Code
- Protecting Forms by using VBA Code
- Protecting Reports by using VBA Code
- Protecting Macros by using VBA Code
- Protecting VBA Code by using a Password
- Using Data Access Pages with Workgroup Security
- Access Data Projects
- The MDE Database Format Revisited
- Further Reading
- Reflecting on this Chapter
- What s Next?
- Chapter 12: Protecting and Securing Your Database with the Operating System
- Why is Operating System Security Important for My Database?
- Overview of Applicable Operating System Security
- Proof-of-Concept Operating System Security
- The Access Protected Folder Strategy
- The All-Important NTFS Format
- Protecting Against Unattended Computers
- Issues of Relevance in Windows XP
- Checklist of Other Security-Related Issues
- Further Reading
- Reflecting on this Chapter
- Is that the End of the Journey?
- Appendix A: Specific Access Security Information
- Appendix B: Registering the Access Workbench
- Appendix C: Why Migrate From Access to SQL Server?
- Why Migrate?
- What is Migrating?
- Access versus SQL Server
- Reasons to Migrate
- Reasons Not to Migrate
- Migration Considerations
- Index
- Index_A
- Index_B
- Index_C
- Index_D
- Index_E
- Index_F
- Index_G
- Index_H
- Index_I
- Index_J
- Index_K
- Index_L
- Index_M
- Index_N
- Index_O
- Index_P
- Index_Q
- Index_R
- Index_S
- Index_T
- Index_U
- Index_V
- Index_W
- Index_X
- Index_Z
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Sidebars
Real World Microsoft Access Database Protection and Security
ISBN: 1590591267
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 176
Pages: 176
Authors: Garry Robinson
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