http://www.embarcadero.com/products/ Security is paramount to database administrators seeking to protect their gigabytes of vital business data from the prying eyes of unauthorized outsiders and insiders attempting to exceed their authority. All relational database management systems provide some sort of intrinsic security mechanisms designed to minimize these threats. Database controls are ideal if you want to get in, get the job done, and then get out. In this section we'll discuss the controls available to the database programmer.