Patent ID: 8850209
Filing Date: 2014-09-30
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for preventing unauthorized use of a database, the method comprising: verifying whether or not a digital signature associated with the at least one object defined in a database schema is valid; determining that the at least one object defined in the database schema has been tampered with if the digital signature of the at least one object is determined to not be valid; denying access to the at least one object based on a result of determination that the at least one object defined in the database schema has been tampered with; verifying that a digital signature for the at least one object defined in a database schema is associated with at least one trusted entity comprising: verifying that a digital signature for an object of the at least one object is associated with the at least one trusted entity; permitting access to the at least one object only when the digital signature for the at least one object is verified to be associated with the at least one trusted entity comprising: obtaining at least one public key of the at least one trusted entity from a well-protected container included in a processing system, wherein the verifying that a digital signature for at least one object defined in a database schema is associated with at least one trusted entity further comprises: