A Keeping Your Oracle Database Secure

Oracle provides guidelines for keeping your database secure, such as advice on securing user accounts, privileges, roles, passwords, and data.

• About the Oracle Database Security Guidelines
  Information security, and privacy and protection of corporate assets and data are critical in any business.

• Downloading Security Patches and Contacting Oracle Regarding Vulnerabilities
  You should always apply security patches as soon as they are available. If problems arise, then you should contact Oracle regarding vulnerabilities.

• Guidelines for Securing User Accounts and Privileges
  Oracle provides guidelines to secure user accounts and privileges.

• Guidelines for Securing Roles
  Oracle provides guidelines for role management.

• Guidelines for Securing Passwords
  Oracle provides guidelines for securing passwords in a variety of situations.

• Guidelines for Securing Data
  Oracle provides guidelines for securing data on your system.

• Guidelines for Securing the ORACLE_LOADER Access Driver
  Oracle provides guidelines to secure the ORACLE_LOADER access driver.

• Guidelines for Securing a Database Installation and Configuration
  Oracle provides guidelines to secure the database installation and configuration.

• Guidelines for Securing the Network
  Security for network communications is improved by using client, listener, and network guidelines to ensure thorough protection.

• Guideline for Securing External Procedures
  The ENFORCE_CREDENTIAL environment variable controls how an extproc process authenticates user credentials and callout functions.

• Guidelines for Auditing
  Oracle provides guidelines for auditing.

• Addressing the CONNECT Role Change
  The CONNECT role, introduced with Oracle Database version 7, added new and robust support for database roles.