Preface

This guide provides guidelines and recommendations for managing security in Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management (BRM). It also describes how to install BRM securely.

Audience

This guide is intended for developers and system administrators.

Related Documents

For information on implementing system security in BRM, see BRM System Administrator's Guide.

Accessing Oracle Communications Documentation

BRM documentation and additional Oracle documentation; such as Oracle Database documentation, is available from Oracle Help Center:

http://docs.oracle.com

Additional Oracle Communications documentation is available from the Oracle software delivery Web site:

https://edelivery.oracle.com

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Document Revision History

The following table lists the revision history for this document:

Version	Date	Description
E39919-01	March 2013	Initial release.
E39919-02	August 2014	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 9. Added an entry for "Securing Sensitive Customer Data".
E39919-03	January 2015	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 11. Updated "Basic Security Considerations".
E39919-04	June 2015	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 12. Updated the following section: Pre-Installation Tasks Added the following sections: Use Strong Passwords for BRM User Schema. Enable SSL/TLS for SQL*NET. Use Secure TLS Connections. Enforce Password Management. Access Control in BRM Web Services Manager. Using Oracle ZT Encryption Scheme. Using Credit Card Tokenization. Masking Sensitive Data in Log Files. Securing BRM Network Ports.
E39919-05	August 2015	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Maintenance Patch Set 1. Updated the following section: Use Secure TLS Connections
E39919-06	December 2015	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 14. Updated the following section: Using Oracle ZT Encryption Scheme
E39919-07	April 2016	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 15. Added the following chapter: Business Operations Center Security