1. A method comprising: receiving a request to restore a selected object from a backup of a database comprising a plurality of objects, wherein the plurality of objects comprises the selected object, and associated security-related information is associated with the selected object in the backup of the database; accessing the associated security-related information, wherein the associated security-related information is gathered from the backup of the database, the accessing comprises locating security-related information using database table metadata, the database table metadata is gathered from the backup of the database, and the security-related information comprises the associated security-related information; restoring the selected object as a restored selected object in a target database; and associating one or more elements of the associated security-related information with the restored selected object.