← Advanced DBMS learning pathAdvanced DBMS · Module 10 of 10
Security, big data and trends
Secure databases and explore modern directions.
📖 Key ideas
- Database security: authentication, authorisation (GRANT/REVOKE), encryption, auditing.
- Prevent SQL injection with parameterised queries.
- Big data systems: Hadoop, Spark, data lakes.
- Cloud databases: managed, serverless, autoscaling.
- Trends: vector databases for AI, multi-model databases.
💡 Real-life example: Database security is a bank vault with access cards, CCTV and sealed boxes.
GRANTGives privileges
AuditingRecording database activity
Vector databaseStores embeddings for similarity search
Serverless databaseScales automatically without managing servers