
Oracle Database 12c Security Cookbook
Secure your Oracle Database 12c with this valuable Oracle support resource, featuring more than 100 solutions to the challenges of protecting your data
Packt Publishing
Published on 6. June 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
388 pages
978-1-78217-212-3 (ISBN)
Description
Secure your Oracle Database 12c with this valuable Oracle support resource, featuring more than 100 solutions to the challenges of protecting your data
Key Features
[*]Explore and learn the new security features introduced in Oracle Database 12c, to successfully secure your sensitive data
[*]Learn how to identify which security strategy is right for your needs - and how to apply it
[*]Each 'recipe' provides you with a single step-by-step solution, making this book a vital resource, delivering Oracle support in one accessible place
Book DescriptionBusinesses around the world are paying much greater attention toward database security than they ever have before. Not only does the current regulatory environment require tight security, particularly when dealing with sensitive and personal data, data is also arguably a company's most valuable asset - why wouldn't you want to protect it in a secure and reliable database? Oracle Database lets you do exactly that. It's why it is one of the world's leading databases - with a rich portfolio of features to protect data from contemporary vulnerabilities, it's the go-to database for many organizations.
Oracle Database 12c Security Cookbook helps DBAs, developers, and architects to better understand database security challenges. Let it guide you through the process of implementing appropriate security mechanisms, helping you to ensure you are taking proactive steps to keep your data safe. Featuring solutions for common security problems in the new Oracle Database 12c, with this book you can be confident about securing your database from a range of different threats and problems.
What you will learn
[*]Analyze application privileges and reduce the attack surface
[*]Reduce the risk of data exposure by using Oracle Data Redaction and Virtual Private Database
[*]Control data access and integrity in your organization using the appropriate database feature or option
[*]Learn how to protect your databases against application bypasses
[*]Audit user activity using the new auditing architecture
[*]Restrict highly privileged users from accessing data
[*]Encrypt data in Oracle Database
[*]Work in a real-world environment where a multi-layer security strategy is applied
Who this book is forThis book is for DBAs, developers, and architects who are keen to know more about security in Oracle Database 12c. This book is best suited for beginners and intermediate-level database security practitioners. Basic knowledge of Oracle Database is expected, but no prior experience of securing a database is required.
Key Features
[*]Explore and learn the new security features introduced in Oracle Database 12c, to successfully secure your sensitive data
[*]Learn how to identify which security strategy is right for your needs - and how to apply it
[*]Each 'recipe' provides you with a single step-by-step solution, making this book a vital resource, delivering Oracle support in one accessible place
Book DescriptionBusinesses around the world are paying much greater attention toward database security than they ever have before. Not only does the current regulatory environment require tight security, particularly when dealing with sensitive and personal data, data is also arguably a company's most valuable asset - why wouldn't you want to protect it in a secure and reliable database? Oracle Database lets you do exactly that. It's why it is one of the world's leading databases - with a rich portfolio of features to protect data from contemporary vulnerabilities, it's the go-to database for many organizations.
Oracle Database 12c Security Cookbook helps DBAs, developers, and architects to better understand database security challenges. Let it guide you through the process of implementing appropriate security mechanisms, helping you to ensure you are taking proactive steps to keep your data safe. Featuring solutions for common security problems in the new Oracle Database 12c, with this book you can be confident about securing your database from a range of different threats and problems.
What you will learn
[*]Analyze application privileges and reduce the attack surface
[*]Reduce the risk of data exposure by using Oracle Data Redaction and Virtual Private Database
[*]Control data access and integrity in your organization using the appropriate database feature or option
[*]Learn how to protect your databases against application bypasses
[*]Audit user activity using the new auditing architecture
[*]Restrict highly privileged users from accessing data
[*]Encrypt data in Oracle Database
[*]Work in a real-world environment where a multi-layer security strategy is applied
Who this book is forThis book is for DBAs, developers, and architects who are keen to know more about security in Oracle Database 12c. This book is best suited for beginners and intermediate-level database security practitioners. Basic knowledge of Oracle Database is expected, but no prior experience of securing a database is required.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Birmingham
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 191 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
723 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78217-212-3 (9781782172123)
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Maja Veselica, MSc in software engineering, is currently working for Parallel d.o.o., Belgrade, as an Oracle Database consultant (security, performance tuning, and so on). She has been working as an instructor for Oracle University since 2010. In the last couple of years, she has also been working for Oracle Consulting. Also, Maja is a member of Oracle ACE Program and has more than 20 Oracle certificates. She enjoys (beta) testing Oracle products and participating in other Oracle-related activities. Zoran Pavlovic is currently working as an Oracle Technical Architect in his company. He works with Oracle technologies (primary Oracle Database) since 2005. Areas of his expertise are Security and Performance Tuning of Oracle Database. Zoran has worked on various complex database environments including RAC, ASM, Data Guard, etc. He has worked as a consultant for Oracle Consulting as well as instructor for Oracle University across EMEA region. Zoran is first member of Oracle ACE Program in Serbia, and a featured speaker/author at many conferences/magazines.
Maja Veselica, MSc in software engineering, is currently working for Parallel d.o.o., Belgrade, as an Oracle Database consultant (security, performance tuning, and so on). She has been working as an instructor for Oracle University since 2010. In the last couple of years, she has also been working for Oracle Consulting. Also, Maja is a member of Oracle ACE Program and has more than 20 Oracle certificates. She enjoys (beta) testing Oracle products and participating in other Oracle-related activities.
Maja Veselica, MSc in software engineering, is currently working for Parallel d.o.o., Belgrade, as an Oracle Database consultant (security, performance tuning, and so on). She has been working as an instructor for Oracle University since 2010. In the last couple of years, she has also been working for Oracle Consulting. Also, Maja is a member of Oracle ACE Program and has more than 20 Oracle certificates. She enjoys (beta) testing Oracle products and participating in other Oracle-related activities.
Content
Table of Contents
Basic Database Security
Security Considerations in Multitenant Environment
PL/SQL Security
Virtual Private Database
Data Redaction
Transparent Sensitive Data Protection
Privilege Analysis
Transparent Data Encryption
Database Vault
Unified Auditing
Additional Topics
Appendix: Appendix A: Application Contexts
Basic Database Security
Security Considerations in Multitenant Environment
PL/SQL Security
Virtual Private Database
Data Redaction
Transparent Sensitive Data Protection
Privilege Analysis
Transparent Data Encryption
Database Vault
Unified Auditing
Additional Topics
Appendix: Appendix A: Application Contexts