Using Transparent Sensitive Data Protection

Transparent sensitive data protection enables you to identify all table columns in a database that hold sensitive data.

• About Transparent Sensitive Data Protection
  Transparent sensitive data protection is a way to identify and label table columns that hold sensitive information.

• General Steps for Using Transparent Sensitive Data Protection
  To use Transparent Data Sensitive Data Protection (TSDP) with Oracle Data Redaction and Oracle Virtual Private Database, you must follow a set of general steps.

• Benefits of Transparent Sensitive Data Protection Policies
  Transparent sensitive data protection has several benefits.

• Privileges Required for Using Transparent Sensitive Data Protection
  To use transparent sensitive data protection, you must have the EXECUTE privilege for several PL/SQL packages.

• How a Multitenant Environment Affects Transparent Sensitive Data Protection
  You can apply Transparent Sensitive Data Protection (TSDP) policies to the current PDB or current application PDB only.

• Creating Transparent Sensitive Data Protection Policies
  You must create a sensitive type, find the sensitive columns to be protected, and then import these columns from Application Dependency Management (ADM) into your database.

• Altering Transparent Sensitive Data Protection Policies
  The DBMS_TSDP_PROTECT.ALTER_POLICY procedure can alter a TSDP policy.

• Disabling Transparent Sensitive Data Protection Policies
  The DBMS_TSDP_PROTECT.DISABLE_PROTECTION_COLUMN procedure disables one or all TSDP policies.

• Dropping Transparent Sensitive Data Protection Policies
  You can drop an entire TSDP policy or a condition-enable-options combination from the policy.

• Using the Predefined REDACT_AUDIT Policy for Redaction
  The predefined REDACT_AUDIT policy masks bind values, which can appear in trace files when an event is set.

• Transparent Sensitive Data Protection Policies with Data Redaction
  Oracle Data Redaction features work with transparent sensitive data protection policies.

• Using Transparent Sensitive Data Protection Policies with Oracle VPD Policies
  You can combine protections from TSDP and Oracle Virtual Private Database into one policy.

• Using Transparent Sensitive Data Protection Policies with Unified Auditing
  The transparent sensitive data protection and unified auditing procedures can combine the protections of these two features.

• Using Transparent Sensitive Data Protection Policies with Fine-Grained Auditing
  The transparent sensitive data protection and fine-grained auditing procedures can combine the protections of these two features.

• Using Transparent Sensitive Data Protection Policies with TDE Column Encryption
  The TSDP procedures and Transparent Data Encryption column encryption statements can combine the protections of these two features.

• Transparent Sensitive Data Protection Data Dictionary Views
  Oracle Database provides data dictionary views that list information about transparent sensitive data protection policies.