Information security is receiving a great deal of attention as computers
increasingly process more and more sensitive information. A multilevel
secure database management system (MLS DBMS) is designed to store,
retrieve and process information in compliance with certain mandatory
security requirements, essential for protecting sensitive information
from unauthorized access, modification and abuse. Such systems are
characterized by data objects labeled at different security levels and
accessed by users cleared to those levels. Unless transaction processing
modules for these systems are designed carefully, they can be exploited
to leak sensitive information to unauthorized users.
In recent years, considerable research has been devoted to the area of
multilevel secure transactions that has impacted the design and
development of trusted MLS DBMS products. Multilevel Secure Transaction
Processing presents the progress and achievements made in this area.
The book covers state-of-the-art research in developing secure
transaction processing for popular MLS DBMS architectures, such as
kernelized, replicated, and distributed architectures, and advanced
transaction models such as workflows, long duration and nested models.
Further, it explores the technical challenges that require future
attention.
Multilevel Secure Transaction Processing is an excellent reference for
researchers and developers in the area of multilevel secure database
systems and may be used in advanced level courses in database security,
information security, advanced database systems, and transaction
processing.