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Chapter 16: Ensuring Data Security

(This is section 7 of 7 in this chapter)

Summary

Data security is a huge topic, and of pre-eminent concern in many organizations. Access includes a full-featured security system that you can use to make sure your data is as secure as desired. This chapter has covered the highlights of ensuring the security of your data. If you are interested in more information, you may want to refer to a specialized book on the topic.

Before moving on to Chapter 17, make sure you understand the following key concepts:

You can protect a database file by assigning a password to the file. This protects the file from unauthorized access.
Database encryption can protect a file from being viewed with third-party tools, but is of little use without password-protecting the file.
User-level security is implemented through the use of user and group accounts, workgroup information files, and permissions.
Access provides a User-Level Security Wizard that can help you quickly apply user-level security to a database.
If you have administrator privileges for a database, you can quickly and easily add or remove user and group accounts.
You can change permissions for different users and groups on an object-by-object basis for a database.

In Chapter 17, you will learn how to how to use object linking and embedding (OLE) to place graphics, audio clips, and even videos within your database.

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