Effectively Using Oracle Blockchain Tables
A new feature of Oracle Database 21c is Blockchain Tables, which also has been backported to 19c. Blockchain Tables are insert-only, tamper-proof tables used to protect data from abuse and fraud....
View ArticleTurbocharge Your Database Auditing with Oracle Unified Auditing
Unified Auditing was introduced with the release of Oracle 12c and changes how Oracle database auditing and logging is accomplished. In previous releases of Oracle, there were separate audit trails...
View ArticleOracle Database 21c New Security Features
Oracle Database 21c has been released and is the latest innovation release of the Oracle Database. A number of new security features are included with this release and should be adopted when creating...
View ArticleUpcoming Webinar: Oracle Database 21c New Security Features
Thursday, January 28, 2021 - 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm ESTOracle Database 21c has been released and is the latest innovation release of the Oracle Database. A number of new security features are included...
View ArticleEight Key Components of a Database Security Risk Assessment
To truly secure database environments, periodic security risk assessments should be performed for database environments to review and assess the processes, operations, resources, and technology to...
View ArticleThe Thrifty DBAs Guide to Open Source Database Security Tools
To properly secure an Oracle database requires significant effort and often expensive security add-on products. The Thrifty DBA likes having secure databases, but doesn’t like to spend money on...
View ArticleThe Tools Hackers Are Using Against Your Oracle Database
Oracle Databases are a target of cyber-attacks by hackers looking to obtain sensitive data such as credit card numbers and personally identifiable information used in identify theft. Even though...
View ArticleChange Your Thinking About Security with Oracle Database in the Cloud
How does database security change when you move to the Cloud? Security does change and how to handle database security needs to change when running databases in the Cloud. However, you still own your...
View ArticleIs Your Sensitive Data Playing Hide and Seek with You?
Your Oracle databases and ERP applications may contain sensitive personal data like Social Security numbers, credit card numbers, addresses, date of births, and salary information. Understanding in...
View ArticleUpcoming Webinar: Is Your Sensitive Data Playing Hide and Seek with You?
Is Your Sensitive Data Playing Hide and Seek with You? Thursday, December 12, 2019 - 2:00 pm ESTYour Oracle databases and ERP applications may contain sensitive personal data like Social Security...
View ArticleIntegrigy at COLLABORATE 19 - Oracle E-Business Suite Security, Database...
Heading to COLLABORATE 19? For the 12th consecutive year, Integrigy will be presenting on Oracle E-Business security, Oracle Database security, and PeopleSoft security. If you will be attending, be...
View ArticleHacking an Oracle Database and How to Prevent It
Oracle Databases are a target of cyber-attacks by hackers looking to obtain sensitive data such as credit card numbers and personally identifiable information used in identify theft. Even though...
View ArticleIntegrigy at Oracle Open World 2017
Integrigy will be presenting again this year on database security at Oracle Open World 2017 (San Francisco, October 1-5). If you will be attending Open World, please join us for this informative...
View ArticleSCAP OVAL SQL57_TEST Example For Oracle E-Business Suite
Last week I posted a blog introducing SCAP and OVAL. Here is a quick follow-up with a link to a sql57_test example using the Oracle E-Business Suite - it will suffice for any Oracle database.A great...
View ArticleSCAP OVAL Oracle SQL57_TEST Example
The attached is a SCAP OVAL sql57_test example for the Oracle E-Business Suite - it will suffice for any Oracle database. To use the attached, rename the .txt extension to .xml and if you have...
View ArticleSTIGS, SCAP, OVAL, Oracle Databases and ERP Security
Last week’s unprecedented ransomware cyber attacks (http://preview.tinyurl.com/lhjfjgk) caught me working through some research on security automation. The cyber attacks evidently were attributed to an...
View ArticleSCAP OVAL Example Check for Oracle
The attached is a SCAP OVAL example Check for Oracle RDBMS. Please use it for testing and demonstration purposes only. To use the attached, rename the .txt extension to .xml and if you have questions...
View ArticleThe Thrifty DBA Does Database Security
To properly secure an Oracle database requires significant effort and often expensive security add-on products. The Thrifty DBA likes having secure databases, but doesn't like to spend money on...
View ArticleOracle Unified Auditing Performance Issues and 12.2 Improvements
For those of you using and/or considering Unified Auditing, in case you might have missed, Oracle has made significant changes to Unified Auditing in 12.2. Unified Auditing, new in Oracle 12c,...
View ArticleOracle Audit Trail Add Program Name
The program name attribute (V$SESSION.PROGRAM) is not by default passed to Oracle’s audit logs. It can be optionally included. To do so, apply Patch 7023214 on the source database. After the patch is...
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