Vantage security is based on the following concepts.
| Security Element | Description |
|---|---|
| User | An individual or group of individuals represented by a single user identity |
| Privileges | Database privileges explicitly or automatically granted to a user or database |
| Logon | Process of submitting user credentials when requesting access to the database |
| Authentication | Process by which the user identified in the logon is verified |
| Authorization | Process that determines the database privileges available to the user |
| Security Mechanism | Method that provides specific authentication, confidentiality, and integrity services for a database session |
| Network Traffic Protection | Process for protecting message traffic between the database and mainframe-attached and workstation-attached clients against interception, theft, or other form of attack |
| Message Integrity | Checks data sent across the network against what was received to make sure no data was lost or changed |
| Access Logs | Logs that provide the history of users accessing the database and the database objects accessed |
See Teradata Vantage™ - Advanced SQL Engine Security Administration, B035-1100.