AN AUTONOMIC FRAMEWORK FOR INTEGRATING SECURITY AND QUALITY OF SERVICE SUPPORT IN DATABASES by Firas Alomari A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of George Mason University In Partial fulfillment of The Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Information Technology Committee: Dr. Daniel A. Menasc´ e, Dissertation Director Dr. Alexander Brodsky, Committee Member Dr. Brian L. Mark, Committee Member Dr. Duminda Wijesekera, Committee Member Dr. Stephen Nash, Department Chair Dr. Kenneth S. Ball, Dean, Volgenau School of Engineering Date: Spring Semester 2013 George Mason University Fairfax, VA