IT Baseline Protection Manual - The Information Warfare Site

Threats Catalogue Deliberate Acts Remarks
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T 5.64 Manipulation of data or software in database
systems
In this case, data is corrupted or rendered useless through deliberate
manipulation. The consequences of this are described under T 4.28 Loss of
data in a database and T 4.30 Loss of database integrity/consistency.
The deliberate deletion/modification of files in a database or files of the
standard database software lead to the destruction of the entire database
system (refer to T 4.26 Failure of a database).
In principle, it is not possible to prevent users from deliberately manipulating
data or destroying a database within the scope of the access rights allocated to
them. However, if access rights can be circumvented (e.g. due to incorrect
administration of the DBMS), then even unauthorised parties can gain access
to the database and manipulate the data contained therein.
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IT-Baseline Protection Manual: Oktober 2000