The Teradata Database provides a rich set of security controls for managing, protecting, and auditing access to stored data. These capabilities include extensive password controls, support for multiple authentication methods, access controls, high-performance database views, network traffic encryption, access logging, and audit reporting.

New industry regulations, especially in the retail, financial services, and healthcare industries, present increased challenges for securing an enterprise's information assets. The security capabilities described in this paper can assist Teradata Database Security Administrators in meeting these new challenges.