Fundamental Oracle Security – What Many Of You Are Not Doing

Fundamental Oracle Security – What Many Of You Are Not Doing

I tend to work in a few companies each year. Something I have been getting asked more and more, other than “make it faster”, it how to secure the Oracle database – frequently because of a failed audit.

In companies and governments, I see; poor auditing, no security consideration, no lockdown of accounts, inadequate processes, and lots of risk.

There are some easy and straightforward changes which you can make to your Oracle database which will make it more secure, harder to exploit and, in the unfortunate even of a data breach, give you a chance of noticing what happened! I will talk through the changes you can make and explain why they should be made, and the effort involved.

About Neil

Neil has been working in IT since 1988 when he coded Assembler and Cobol on IBM Mainframes against both hierarchical (NoSQL-ish) and relational databases.

He started using Oracle software in 1991. He is an independent consultant who specialises in Performance Tuning, Security, Exadata, RAC, DataGuard, Goldengate, Upgrades, Data Migration, with some PL/SQL and Apex Development for good measure.

He also has extensive experience with other relational databases, NoSQL databases, and Linux and AIX administration.