Prepare a well$-$researched and well$-$written response to the question below. Your response MUST be reflective of graduate$-$level work, MUST properly cite any external, secondary sources used to develop your response and MUST answer the question.

Background

It has been said that data is the fuel of the $21$st Century. In fact, beyond personnel, data is probably the single most important asset held by an organization.

As your organization's database administrator $($DBA$)[$YOU ARE ROLE$-$PLAYING HERE$\}$ and given the value of data, as an asset, senior management has asked you for recommendations to protect this valuable $$data asset$$ from misuse, theft, manipulation, unauthorized access, etc.

Discussion Question

Prepare a list $($greater than or equal to five $(5),$ less than $10)$ of recommendations you would make to management to protect the $$data assets$$ residing in corporate databases from misuse, theft, manipulation, unauthorized access, etc.