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IBM Db2 11.1 Certification Guide

By : Robert (Kent) Collins, Mohankumar Saraswatipura
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IBM Db2 11.1 Certification Guide

By: Robert (Kent) Collins, Mohankumar Saraswatipura

Overview of this book

IBM Db2 is a relational database management system (RDBMS) that helps you store, analyze, and retrieve data efficiently. This comprehensive book is designed to help you master all aspects of IBM Db2 database administration and prepare you to take and pass IBM's Certification Exams C2090-600. Building on years of extensive experience, the authors take you through all areas covered by the test. The book delves deep into each certification topic: Db2 server management, physical design, business rules implementation, activity monitoring, utilities, high availability, and security. IBM Db2 11.1 Certification Guide provides you with more than 150 practice questions and answers, simulating real certification examination questions. Each chapter includes an extensive set of practice questions along with carefully explained answers. This book will not just prepare you for the C2090-600 exam but also help you troubleshoot day-to-day database administration challenges.
Table of Contents (10 chapters)

Summary

The objective of this chapter was to provide the ability to answer Db2 security chapter questions on the following topics:

  • Db2 authentication and authorization concepts
  • The LDAP authentication configuration within Db2 using the transparent LDAP feature
  • Db2 trusted contexts and trusted connection implementation concepts
  • SSL configuration to encrypt data in-flight, and Db2 native encryption to encrypt data at rest
  • The Db2 audit facility to implement and monitor unknown or unexpected access to the database