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Security Vulnerabilities of NoSQL and SQL Databases for MOOC Applications
International Journal for Digital Society, Vol.8(1), pp.1244-1250
03/30/2017
Abstract
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are popular among learners for free or low cost access to education materials. It is estimated that millions are currently users of various courses offered through MOOCs. These courses are deployed on open source technologies. With the increasing data generated while interacting with users, many of the deployed platforms have already switched to NoSQL database platform. However, there is little discussion on the risks and threats that NoSQL related technologies pose to learners. This paper presents an in depth study of potential security vulnerabilities and challenges for databases. We provide detailed comparison between traditional SQL and NoSQL databases and identify a set of vulnerabilities inherent to representative database applications like MongoDB and Cassandra. We also provide
examples of attacks. The discussion helps learners and application developers to increase the awareness of threats arise while interacting online with platforms deploying NoSQL databases.
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- Title
- Security Vulnerabilities of NoSQL and SQL Databases for MOOC Applications
- Publication Details
- International Journal for Digital Society, Vol.8(1), pp.1244-1250
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publisher
- Infonomics Society
- Number of pages
- 7
- Copyright
- © 2017, Infonomics Society
- Identifiers
- 99381798271706600
- Academic Unit
- Center for Cybersecurity and AI; Hal Marcus College of Science and Engineering
- Language
- English