Looking the amount of data stored in a database and the importance of that data for any organization, it is crucial for the organisation to secure the data in the database. With the increase in number of reported cases of data breaches, cybercrime, exposure of sensitive information, disclosure of confidential data to unauthenticated users, data intrusion there is a need for industries dependent on databases to ensure their data security and to defend their data from all the security threats. This paper focuses on the most recent database security threats, their origin and security techniques for ensuring database security.

Keywords : Database Security, Threats, Breach, Access Control, Security Techniques.