- a totally inaccessible database is totally secure
- a database totally accessible to one & all is totally insecure
Reliability v accessibility
- Who decides what is accurate? [What is your name, Cherie Blair? Nicky Campbell? Cary Grant? Peachesandcream Zola Minerva Monteverdi Cholmondely-Smyth?]
- Who is responsible for checking the accuracy of the database
- Who has access to correct mistakes
Timeliness v accuracy
- How to ensure that whoever accesses the database, whenever & wherever they access it, will see the most up-to-date information
- What happens if information is corrected/updated while I am looking at a screen
- can we flash important information - STOP THIEF
