9.6. Summary

Security will always be one of your leading concerns when working with sensitive data and DB2 databases. This chapter started you on the path to appreciating all the factors and subtleties that come into play when determining who your users are and what permissions they have to connect to your DB2 environment.

The details on authorization considerations that control what a user can do once they have access (discussed in Chapter 10) complement the details found in this chapter. Even after reading both chapters, you'll almost certainly find that there are always more details and more security factors that will govern your future use of DB2. Keeping up with the shifting world of security is one of the key aspects of successfully managing databases.