The document discusses Oracle Database Vault, which provides an integrated security framework to control access to databases based on factors like network, users, privileges, roles, and SQL commands. It achieves separation of duties and prevents misuse of powerful privileges. Database Vault enforces compliance requirements and supports database consolidation while requiring no application changes and having minimal performance impact.
Oracle Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) 12cNabeel Yoosuf
This presentation provides an introduction to Oracle Transparent Data Encryption technology in 12c. It is provided as part of Oracle Advanced Security.
Oracle Enterprise Manager (EM) provides complete lifecycle management for the cloud - from automated cloud setup to self-service delivery to cloud operations. In this session you’ll learn how to take control of your cloud infrastructure with EM features including Consolidation Planning and Self-Service provisioning with Metering and Chargeback. Come hear how Oracle is expanding its management capabilities into the cloud!
(As presented by Adeesh Fulay at Oracle Technology Network Architect Day in Chicago, October 24, 2011.)
Session aims at introducing less familiar audience to the Oracle database statistics concept, why statistics are necessary and how the Oracle Cost-Based Optimizer uses them
Oracle Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) 12cNabeel Yoosuf
This presentation provides an introduction to Oracle Transparent Data Encryption technology in 12c. It is provided as part of Oracle Advanced Security.
Oracle Enterprise Manager (EM) provides complete lifecycle management for the cloud - from automated cloud setup to self-service delivery to cloud operations. In this session you’ll learn how to take control of your cloud infrastructure with EM features including Consolidation Planning and Self-Service provisioning with Metering and Chargeback. Come hear how Oracle is expanding its management capabilities into the cloud!
(As presented by Adeesh Fulay at Oracle Technology Network Architect Day in Chicago, October 24, 2011.)
Session aims at introducing less familiar audience to the Oracle database statistics concept, why statistics are necessary and how the Oracle Cost-Based Optimizer uses them
Oracle Database Vault has been on the market for a few years now. The product has been constantly improved over the years. But where is it worthwhile to use it? Which security measures can be implemented with it? And from whom does DB Vault protect me at all? In this presentation, the technical possibilities of Database Vault 19c / 21c will be explained in addition to the experiences from two customer projects. We will try to show where the use of Database Vault is worthwhile under certain circumstances and under which conditions it is not. This also includes whether protection against snakes and thieves is ensured. PS: I asked my children what kind of presentation I should submit.The answers were snakes, thieves and cheetahs…
Oracle Active Data Guard: Best Practices and New Features Deep Dive Glen Hawkins
Oracle Data Guard and Oracle Active Data Guard have long been the answer for the real-time protection, availability, and usability of Oracle data. This presentation provides an in-depth look at several key new features that will make your life easier and protect your data in new and more flexible ways. Learn how Oracle Active Data Guard 19c has been integrated with Oracle Database In-Memory and offers a faster application response after a role transition. See how DML can now be redirected from an Oracle Active Data Guard standby to its primary for more flexible data protection in today’s data centers or your data clouds. This technical deep dive on Active Data Guard is designed to give you a glimpse into upcoming new features brought to you by Oracle Development.
Oracle Real Application Clusters 19c- Best Practices and Internals- EMEA Tour...Sandesh Rao
In this session, I will cover under-the-hood features that power Oracle Real Application Clusters (Oracle RAC) 19c specifically around Cache Fusion and Service management. Improvements in Oracle RAC helps in integration with features such as Multitenant and Data Guard. In fact, these features benefit immensely when used with Oracle RAC. Finally we will talk about changes to the broader Oracle RAC Family of Products stack and the algorithmic changes that helps quickly detect sick/dead nodes/instances and the reconfiguration improvements to ensure that the Oracle RAC Databases continue to function without any disruption
Oracle Open World (OOW) 2014 presentation on Oracle Cache Fusion; how it works and how to use it in an optimized fashion to scale an Oracle RAC system.
Starting with 12c Release 1, Oracle introduced a completely new architecture concept for its database - the Container Database.
With this new architecture, new challenges came up but with the same breath a wide branch of new opportunities.
The presentation will address the capabilities to create fast and easy new (test) databases or clones for a running production database. Five different ways will be discussed.
- Using Local and Remote Cloning
- Using an Unplugged PDB (predefined master)
- Using Refreshable PDBs as a master for new (test) databases
- Snapshot Carousel
Another point of the agenda is the usage of the Snapshot features of ACFS and Direct NFS to speed up the creation process.
Automating Your Clone in E-Business Suite R12.2Michael Brown
It is possible to automate the cloning process in Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2. This presentation discusses how to accomplish that and gives some warnings about when it is not possible to run a clone.
For OAUG members, the slides and a recording of the presentation are available on www.oaug.org.
Introducing Oracle Audit Vault and Database FirewallTroy Kitch
Join us to hear about a new Oracle product that monitors Oracle and non-Oracle database traffic, detects unauthorized activity including SQL injection attacks, and blocks internal and external threats from reaching the database. In addition this new product collects and consolidates audit data from databases, operating systems, directories, and any custom template-defined source into a centralized, secure warehouse. This new enterprise security monitoring and auditing platform allows organizations to quickly detect and respond to threats with powerful real-time policy analysis, alerting and reporting capabilities. Based on proven SQL grammar analysis that ensures accuracy, performance, and scalability, organizations can deploy with confidence in any mode. You will also hear how organizations such as TransUnion Interactive and SquareTwo Financial rely on Oracle today to monitor and secure their Oracle and non-Oracle database environments.
Oracle RAC is an option to the Oracle Database Enterprise Edition. At least, this is what it is known for. This presentation shows the many ways in which the stack, which is known as Oracle RAC can be used in the most efficient way for various use cases.
Oracle Database 19c, builds upon key architectural, distributed data and performance innovations established in earlier versions Oracle Database 12c and 18c releases. Oracle 19c has many new features, in this presentation we have covered below areas
Automated Installation, Configuration and Patching
AutoUpgrade and Database Utilities
Oracle Database Vault has been on the market for a few years now. The product has been constantly improved over the years. But where is it worthwhile to use it? Which security measures can be implemented with it? And from whom does DB Vault protect me at all? In this presentation, the technical possibilities of Database Vault 19c / 21c will be explained in addition to the experiences from two customer projects. We will try to show where the use of Database Vault is worthwhile under certain circumstances and under which conditions it is not. This also includes whether protection against snakes and thieves is ensured. PS: I asked my children what kind of presentation I should submit.The answers were snakes, thieves and cheetahs…
Oracle Active Data Guard: Best Practices and New Features Deep Dive Glen Hawkins
Oracle Data Guard and Oracle Active Data Guard have long been the answer for the real-time protection, availability, and usability of Oracle data. This presentation provides an in-depth look at several key new features that will make your life easier and protect your data in new and more flexible ways. Learn how Oracle Active Data Guard 19c has been integrated with Oracle Database In-Memory and offers a faster application response after a role transition. See how DML can now be redirected from an Oracle Active Data Guard standby to its primary for more flexible data protection in today’s data centers or your data clouds. This technical deep dive on Active Data Guard is designed to give you a glimpse into upcoming new features brought to you by Oracle Development.
Oracle Real Application Clusters 19c- Best Practices and Internals- EMEA Tour...Sandesh Rao
In this session, I will cover under-the-hood features that power Oracle Real Application Clusters (Oracle RAC) 19c specifically around Cache Fusion and Service management. Improvements in Oracle RAC helps in integration with features such as Multitenant and Data Guard. In fact, these features benefit immensely when used with Oracle RAC. Finally we will talk about changes to the broader Oracle RAC Family of Products stack and the algorithmic changes that helps quickly detect sick/dead nodes/instances and the reconfiguration improvements to ensure that the Oracle RAC Databases continue to function without any disruption
Oracle Open World (OOW) 2014 presentation on Oracle Cache Fusion; how it works and how to use it in an optimized fashion to scale an Oracle RAC system.
Starting with 12c Release 1, Oracle introduced a completely new architecture concept for its database - the Container Database.
With this new architecture, new challenges came up but with the same breath a wide branch of new opportunities.
The presentation will address the capabilities to create fast and easy new (test) databases or clones for a running production database. Five different ways will be discussed.
- Using Local and Remote Cloning
- Using an Unplugged PDB (predefined master)
- Using Refreshable PDBs as a master for new (test) databases
- Snapshot Carousel
Another point of the agenda is the usage of the Snapshot features of ACFS and Direct NFS to speed up the creation process.
Automating Your Clone in E-Business Suite R12.2Michael Brown
It is possible to automate the cloning process in Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2. This presentation discusses how to accomplish that and gives some warnings about when it is not possible to run a clone.
For OAUG members, the slides and a recording of the presentation are available on www.oaug.org.
Introducing Oracle Audit Vault and Database FirewallTroy Kitch
Join us to hear about a new Oracle product that monitors Oracle and non-Oracle database traffic, detects unauthorized activity including SQL injection attacks, and blocks internal and external threats from reaching the database. In addition this new product collects and consolidates audit data from databases, operating systems, directories, and any custom template-defined source into a centralized, secure warehouse. This new enterprise security monitoring and auditing platform allows organizations to quickly detect and respond to threats with powerful real-time policy analysis, alerting and reporting capabilities. Based on proven SQL grammar analysis that ensures accuracy, performance, and scalability, organizations can deploy with confidence in any mode. You will also hear how organizations such as TransUnion Interactive and SquareTwo Financial rely on Oracle today to monitor and secure their Oracle and non-Oracle database environments.
Oracle RAC is an option to the Oracle Database Enterprise Edition. At least, this is what it is known for. This presentation shows the many ways in which the stack, which is known as Oracle RAC can be used in the most efficient way for various use cases.
Oracle Database 19c, builds upon key architectural, distributed data and performance innovations established in earlier versions Oracle Database 12c and 18c releases. Oracle 19c has many new features, in this presentation we have covered below areas
Automated Installation, Configuration and Patching
AutoUpgrade and Database Utilities
Not to be confused with Oracle Database Vault (a commercial db security product), Data Vault Modeling is a specific data modeling technique for designing highly flexible, scalable, and adaptable data structures for enterprise data warehouse repositories. It is not a replacement for star schema data marts (and should not be used as such). This approach has been used in projects around the world (Europe, Australia, USA) for the last 10 years but is still not widely known or understood. The purpose of this presentation is to provide attendees with a detailed introduction to the technical components of the Data Vault Data Model, what they are for and how to build them. The examples will give attendees the basics for how to build, and design structures when using the Data Vault modeling technique. The target audience is anyone wishing to explore implementing a Data Vault style data model for an Enterprise Data Warehouse, Operational Data Warehouse, or Dynamic Data Integration Store. See more content like this by following my blog http://kentgraziano.com or follow me on twitter @kentgraziano.
Services are one of the most underutilized features of the Oracle Database. This presentation shows some use cases that may make you change your mind and motivate to implement services in one way or another.
Hitchhiker's Guide to free Oracle tuning toolsBjoern Rost
Instance and SQL tuning with EM12c Cloud Control is so easy, it is not even much fun
anymore. Also, not every customer may have the appropriate license or database
edition, or all you have available remotely is a command-line login to a database.
This presentation showcases a few open-source database tuning tools such as Snapper
and ASH replacements that DBAs can use to gather and review metrics and wait events
from the command line and even in standard edition.
It is the fact that Oracle Warehouse Builder (OWB) released the latest major version and final state. But business requirements are rapidly increasing. New applications are implemented in source systems and as a result new reports and new subject areas are needed urgently. It is needed to implement new features for growing business needs into our data warehouses. Resources are limited and conversion should be done as soon as possible.
In this presentation, see the most convenient methods to migrate from Oracle Warehouse Builder to Oracle Data Integrator with agile methodology without interrupting on going daily jobs as well as understanding of Oracle's OWB2ODI migration utility.
Administración de base de datos oracle - sesión 4Sefira111
Ejecutar el comando CREATE DATABASE.
Establecer la seguridad de la base de datos mediante la creación de archivos de redo log y de control multiplexados.
Crear un archivo de passwords.
Oracle SQL tuning with SQL Plan ManagementBjoern Rost
Regression in SQL plans are a frequent cause for performance related incidents when the cost-based optimizer comes up with a new plan due to changes in data distribution, statistics, or binds. While most organizations have very strict processes for changes to applications or infrastructure, the CBO is most often left alone, accepting that SQL execution performance could change at any time. But with SQL Plan Management it does not take much effort to implement a process that makes changes to SQL plans manageable. It starts with monitoring regression in execution times, capturing baselines, auto pre-evaluating potentially better plans, and documenting information needed to accept the change. We will not only cover how SPM works, but also how you can start using it in your organization today.
How to Handle DEV&TEST&PROD for Oracle Data IntegratorGurcan Orhan
Most of us have development teams apart from test and operation teams using the different repository environments. And there are generally 3 different ODI installations and repositories which each of the teams use separately. Chaos is usually expected and happened who will test which development and what to deploy into production.
In this session hear how ODI can handle your development hierarchy with ease of usage and in simplified/synchronized way for successful deployments.
A simple project will be built up and will be enlarged to enterprise level step by step.
Administración de base de datos oracle - sesion 5Sefira111
Los archivos de control tienen las siguientes características:
Son pequeños y están en formato binario.
Son requeridos al montar la base de datos y para su operación.
Son usados por una sola base de datos.
Deben de ser multiplexados.
Su perdida o corrupción significaría un proceso de recuperación.
V$CONTROLFILE
V$CONTROLFILE_RECORD_SECTION
Vistas que se obtienen de los control files:
V$DATABASE
V$DATAFILE
V$TEMPFILE
V$TABLESPACE
V$LOG
Otros
International Journal of Engineering Inventions (IJEI) provides a multidisciplinary passage for researchers, managers, professionals, practitioners and students around the globe to publish high quality, peer-reviewed articles on all theoretical and empirical aspects of Engineering and Science.
The peer-reviewed International Journal of Engineering Inventions (IJEI) is started with a mission to encourage contribution to research in Science and Technology. Encourage and motivate researchers in challenging areas of Sciences and Technology.
Kangaroot EDB Webinar Best Practices in Security with PostgreSQLKangaroot
The webinar will review a multi-layered framework for PostgreSQL security, with a deeper focus on limiting access to the database and data, as well as securing the data.
Using the popular AAA (Authentication, Authorisation, Auditing) framework EnterpriseDB will cover:
- Best practices for authentication (trust, certificate, MD5, Scram, etc).
- Advanced approaches, such as password profiles.
- Deep dive of authorisation and data access control for roles, database objects (tables, etc), view usage, row-level security, and data redaction.
- Auditing, encryption, and SQL injection attack prevention
Microsoft released SQL Azure more than two years ago - that's enough time for testing (I hope!). So, are you ready to move your data to the Cloud? If you’re considering a business (i.e. a production environment) in the Cloud, you need to think about methods for backing up your data, a backup plan for your data and, eventually, restoring with Red Gate Cloud Services. In this session, you’ll see the differences, functionality, restrictions, and opportunities in SQL Azure and On-Premise SQL Server 2008/2008 R2/2012. We’ll consider topics such as how to be prepared for backup and restore, and which parts of a cloud environment are most important: keys, triggers, indexes, prices, security, service level agreements, etc.
Geek Sync | SQL Security Principals and Permissions 101IDERA Software
You can watch the replay for this Geek Sync webcast, SQL Security Principals and Permissions 101, in the IDERA Resource Center, http://ow.ly/Sos650A4qKo.
Join IDERA and William Assaf for a ground-floor introduction to SQL Server permissions. This webinar will start with the basics and move into the security implications behind stored procedures, views, database ownership, application connections, consolidated databases, application roles, and much more. This session is perfect for junior DBAs, developers, and system admins of on-premises and Azure-based SQL platforms.
Speaker: William Assaf, MCSE, is a principal consultant and DBA Manager in Baton Rouge, LA. Initially a .NET developer, and later into database administration and architecture, William currently works with clients on SQL Server and Azure SQL platform optimization, management, disaster recovery and high availability, and manages a multi-city team of SQL DBAs at Sparkhound. William has written for Microsoft SQL Certification exams since 2011 and was the lead author of "SQL Server 2017 Administration Inside Out" by Microsoft Press, its second edition due out in 2019. William is a member of the Baton Rouge User Groups Board, a regional mentor for PASS, and head of the annual SQLSaturday Baton Rouge Planning Committee.
This is a draft presentation of a video lesson taken from the course "Digital forensics with Kali Linux" published by Packt Publishing in May 2017: https://www.packtpub.com/networking-and-servers/digital-forensics-kali-linux
This presentation introduces memory forensics and recalls the most important concepts of virtual memory and paging.
This is a draft presentation of a video lesson taken from the course "Digital forensics with Kali Linux" published by Packt Publishing in May 2017: https://www.packtpub.com/networking-and-servers/digital-forensics-kali-linux
In this presentation we are going to cover the recovery of deleted files from a disk image using three CLI file carving tools pre-installed on Kali Linux: Foremost, Scalpel and Photorec.
This is a draft presentation of a video lesson from the course "Digital forensics with Kali Linux" published by Packt Publishing in May 2017: https://www.packtpub.com/networking-and-servers/digital-forensics-kali-linux
In these slides, we are going to cover file carving, introducing unallocated and slack disk space and how to extract and identify deleted files. Then we are going to cover the Windows Recycle Bin.
Extracting and analyzing browser,email and IM artifactsMarco Alamanni
This is a draft presentation of a video lesson taken from the course "Digital forensics with Kali Linux" published by Packt Publishing in May 2017: https://www.packtpub.com/networking-and-servers/digital-forensics-kali-linux.
In this presentation we are going to take a look at how to take advantage of the tools installed on Kali Linux to extract and analyze artifacts related to some of the most common Internet activities, that are web browsing, email and instant messaging.
This is a draft presentation of a video lesson taken from the course "Digital forensics with Kali Linux" published by Packt Publishing in May 2017: https://www.packtpub.com/networking-and-servers/digital-forensics-kali-linux
This presentation introduces the fundamentals of the forensic image acquisition process, explaining concepts like hardware and software write blocking, the physical and logical structure of hard disks and the different forensic image formats.
This is a draft presentation of the 2nd video of the course "Digital forensics with Kali Linux" published by Packt Publishing in May 2017: https://www.packtpub.com/networking-and-servers/digital-forensics-kali-linux
In this presentation, we introduce digital forensics and cover the fundamental concepts that should be learned to fully understand the hands-on part of the course. The first part of the video gives a definition of what digital forensics is, explains which application areas it has and the various sub-branches in which is divided.
The second part covers the different steps of digital forensics: assessment, acquisition, analysis and reporting.
Next, the video explains important concepts like Locard’s principle, order of volatility and chain of custody.
Finally, there is a comparison between commercial and open source tools.
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
Let's dive deeper into the world of ODC! Ricardo Alves (OutSystems) will join us to tell all about the new Data Fabric. After that, Sezen de Bruijn (OutSystems) will get into the details on how to best design a sturdy architecture within ODC.
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
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GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
15. Command Rule Flexibility Alter Database Alter Database Alter Table Alter Function Audit Alter Tablespace Alter Package Body Alter Procedure Alter Profile Alter Session Alter System Alter Synonym Alter Table Alter Trigger Alter User Password Alter Tablespace Alter View Change Password Connect Comment Create Function Create Index Create Package Create Database Link Create Procedure Create Role Create Package Body Create User Create View Create Table Grant Insert Noaudit Rename Lock Table Create Tablespace Create Trigger Truncate Table Update Insert Delete Execute Select
Welcome, today I’d like to present an overview of the latest security product from Oracle – Database Vault. We announced this new product in late April at the huge Oracle user group conference called Collaborate 06 in Nashville, TN. You may have seen some press releases for Oracle and our partners around this exciting new product.
Database Vault is designed to address what customers have told us are some of their most pressing security related business problems. At Oracle Headquarters in California, we frequently get the opportunity to talk to customers from around the world and virtually every industry imaginable and these are business problems seem to resonate with virtually every customer. I’m sure you’ve all heard the phrase “regulatory compliance”, who hasn’t, it’s certainly being used a lot. I think one of the biggest benefits of regulatory compliance has been awareness, it’s really forced customers to take a long hard look at their business practices. Two of the common themes in many regulations are strong internal controls and separation of duty. Database Vault provides the technology to address these two security problems. In addition, customers are much more concerned about the internal threat today. I don’t mean to say that everyone’s DBA is up to no good, but rather customers are looking for preventative measures to put in place. They want the ability to enforce operational policies on who, when and where data can be accessed, Another common security problem is the powerful DBA. Most applications out there today were not designed with the principle of least privilege – meaning that the application owner only has the minimum privileges necessary. In fact, it’s exactly the opposite. Database Vault provides the ability to restrict the powerful application owners and DBA which reside in a consolidated database environment.
Earlier we showed how a command rule can be associated with the Alter System command. Here’s a list of some of the other commands which can have rules associated. As you can see the list is quite extensive.
In addition, to Realms, Database Vault also delivers Command Rules and Multi-Factor Authorization. Command Rules provide the ability to instruct the database to evaluate conditions prior to allowing a database command to execute. Combined with Multi-Factor authorization, this provides an extremely powerful tool to limit and restrict access to databases and applications. Let’s take another example. Here I’m showing a database with a single application and the DBA. One of the common problems customers have faced from a compliance perspective is unauthorized activity in the database. This may mean that additional database accounts or application tables have been created. This can raise alarms with auditors because it can point toward lax internal controls. Using a command rule, Database Vault gives the ability to control the conditions under which a command is allowed to execute. For example, a command rule can be associated with the database “Alter System….” command. Perhaps your policy states that all ‘alter system’ commands have to be executed from a connection originating from the server hosting the database. The command rule can check the IP address and reject the command. So the rule based on IP address blocks the action. Perhaps a powerful application DBA creates a new table, command rules combined with multi-factor authorization can block this action. In summary, command rules and multi-factor provide the flexibility to meet operational security requirements.