1. Installation and Administration Guide
  2. About Oracle Key Manager
  3. Agents (Encryption Endpoints)
  4. Oracle Database with Transparent Data Encryption (TDE)

Oracle Database with Transparent Data Encryption (TDE)

Use OKM with Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) to manage encryption or decryption of sensitive database information.

Transparent Data Encryption, a feature of Oracle Database 11gR2 and higher, provides database encryption and decryption services for:

  • Oracle Database products
  • Oracle Real Application Clusters (Oracle RAC)
  • Oracle Data Guard
  • Oracle Extended Database Machine
  • Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN)
  • Oracle Data Pump

Refer to Advanced Security Transparent Data Encryption (TDE). For more information, see the white paper Oracle Advanced Security Transparent Data Encryption Best Practices ( http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/security/twp-transparent-data-encryption-bes-130696.pdf).