password protection

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does anyone know of a way to protect a database by having a user name AND a
password required to open the database? I work for a medical clinic that has
a secured network. All employees have a unique user ID that they use to
access either the network. Some of our PC's have a multi-user ID since many
different staff work on them and then they use their unique ID to access
different programs.
 
Is this previous question relevant?
I've created a database in Access 2000 that has sensitive
information related to patient healthcare. Our corporate
HIPAA Compliance Review Committee has asked that I provide
them with specifications on the MS Access password
security and user-level security. The committee wants to
make sure that methods used to achieve these two types of
security meet the specification standards set forth by
HIPAA.
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I answered that question, previously, by telling the person that Access
security can (unfortunately) be cracked in various ways using tools
that are in some cases, freely available on the web. "So you will not
have any luck in meeting stringent [security] requirements."

HTH,
TC
 
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