Pete Finnigan's Oracle security weblog

Oracle Security Blog Posts

I teach many training classes on Oracle security to lots of students worldwide both on-site and on-line and one area I often cover quote briefly is where can you find more information or keep up to date on Oracle security....[Read More]

Posted by Pete On 23/12/18 At 05:53 PM

Virtual Patching or Good Security Design instead?

I got an email from someone recently who asked me about virtual patching for Oracle as they were running an out of date version of Oracle and were thinking that virtual patching maybe a good solution to make their database....[Read More]

Posted by Pete On 19/12/18 At 01:32 PM

Oracle Privilege Analysis Now Free in EE from 18c and back ported to all 12c

Wow!!, i just got an email from someone in Oracle to let me know that the Privilege Analysis feature of Database Vault has had its licensing changed from this week to now be free as part of an Enterprise Edition....[Read More]

Posted by Pete On 20/11/18 At 10:06 PM

Super Lock an Oracle Database

I started this blog post a few weeks ago and kept adding to it from time to time but I have been incredibly busy helping people secure data in their Oracle databases that it has taken a long time to....[Read More]

Posted by Pete On 14/11/18 At 02:20 PM

Oracle Core Audit - Do you Audit your Core database engine for breach?

Oracles core database audit is a useful tool to monitor activity of the core database engine or applications and detect potential abuses. It seems to be a sad fact that with a lot of companies that i visit and from....[Read More]

Posted by Pete On 15/09/18 At 08:28 AM

Oracle Security Training by Pete Finnigan in 2018

Are you worried about the data in your databases being stolen? GDPR has just become law across the EU and the UK and affects business in other countries that process EU citizens data. Maybe you store and process credit card....[Read More]

Posted by Pete On 19/07/18 At 02:04 PM

Oracle Can Generate 6 Password Hashes When a User is Added or Password Changed in 12.1.0.2 and Above

In a 12.2.0.2 database it's possible that Oracle generates 6 different password hashes for one password for one user under certain circumstances when a password is changed or created (user is created). I will layout the 6 different ones first....[Read More]

Posted by Pete On 13/06/18 At 09:02 PM

Need Help with Oracle Security GDPR Training and Services

I talked here a few days ago about GDPR in general and I also published my slides from my talk GDPR for the Oracle DBA . We have been helping clients secure data in their Oracle databases and training people....[Read More]

Posted by Pete On 09/06/18 At 04:33 PM