Vantage security is based on the following concepts.
Security Element | Description |
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User | 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 database access |
Authentication | Process by which user identified in logon is verified |
Authorization | Process that determines database privileges available to 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 database and mainframe-attached and workstation-attached clients against interception, theft, or other form of attack |
Message Integrity | Checks data sent across network against what was received to make sure no data was lost or changed |
Access Logs | Logs that provide history of users accessing database and database objects accessed |
For more information, see Teradata Vantageā¢ - Analytics Database Security Administration, B035-1100.