Economic Computation and Economic Cybernetics Studies and Research, Issue 3/2019; Vol. 53 ________________________________________________________________________________ 113 DOI: 10.24818/18423264/53.3.19.07 Professor Elvira NICA, PhD E-mail: elvira.nica@ase.ro The Bucharest University of Economic Studies Senior Lecturer Bogdan George TUDORICA, PhD E-mail: bogdan.tudorica@upg-ploiesti.ro Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti Professor Dorel-Mihail DUSMANESCU, PhD E-mail: doreld@upg-ploiesti.ro Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti Professor Gheorghe POPESCU, PhD E-mail: popescu_ucdc@yahoo.com Dimitrie Cantemir Christian University Lecturer Alina Maria BREAZ, PhD E-mail: alinamariabreaz@gmail.com Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad DATABASES SECURITY ISSUES - A SHORT ANALYSIS ON THE EMERGENT SECURITY PROBLEMS GENERATED BY NoSQL DATABASES Abstract. Over the last few years, the NoSQL (Not only SQL) databases managed to impose themselves as a suitable alternative to their more common relational counterparts. As such, the NoSQL databases have a plethora of practical applications, such as various Web 2.0 solutions, document management but also real-time systems where low latency is critical, embedded systems, storage for sensor networks and finally the IoT (Internet of Things). There are enough differences between the NoSQL and relational databases to presume that the security problems related to each of the two types of databases are at least partially different. This paper tries to review a few of the security aspects associated with the NoSQL databases usage. Keywords: NoSQL; security; threats; vulnerabilities. JEL Classification: C88, O31, O33 1. Introduction The central idea to the NoSQL approach is the fact that the classic relational databases, although representing a very mature and robust technology, have several limitations: volume of data, horizontal scalability, performance in write operations,