Defenses against security threats

Defenses against security threats Defenses against threats can be divided into two categories.

The following terms are useful in discussing these defenses.

System Administrator: This is the person who configures 's system-wide behavior. Typically, this is a highly privileged user responsible for allocating machine resources, managing the network, configuring security, and actually launching the Virtual Machine (VM).
Database Owner: This is the person who creates and tends the databases needed by a particular application. Of course, the Database Owner could be the System Administrator.
User: This is a person authorized to use an application. This includes end-users, technical support engineers, and developers who maintain the application.