A methodology for accrediting a commercial distributed database

Abstract

This paper proposes a process through which a commercial distributed database could be accredited. The said process could be executed in order to ensure that the database product used in the operational environment, of an organisation is best suited to provide security safeguards and countermeasures to meet the unique security requirements of such environment. In addition, the framework of accreditation evaluation could provide a basis for the comparison of security criteria implementation in various commercial distributed database products.