Abstract: Method and system embodiments of the present invention are directed to providing fine-granularity access control to data entities within databases. Certain method and system embodiments of the present invention are directed to providing row-and-column-level access control to relational tables, relational views, and other database entities managed by relational database management systems. Certain embodiments of the present invention employ additional database tables, user-defined functions, and automatically created security views to create and maintain a view-based interface to an underlying database through which users access data stored in the underlying database. The view interface includes automated access control features that provide row-and-column access controls to users of the database management system.