Super Users Could Threaten Database Security, Study Says

Usually, the database administrator (DBA) is your organization's staunchest defender of your sensitive data. But what if that DBA -- or another privileged user -- becomes disgruntled and decides to do some damage?

That possibility is one of the things that keeps Oracle administrators up at night, according to a newly published study conducted by the Independent Oracle Users Group (IOUG). In a survey of more than 300 IT and database administrators, the group found that the greatest risks to corporate data comes from internal access, either by unauthorized users or by "super users" with special access privileges.