http://www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/entries PeteFinnigan.com's weblog is the only weblog dedicated to Oracle security. en-gb Copyright PeteFinnigan.com Ltd 2005, All rights reserved. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners and are hereby acknowledged 2018-11-21T07:29:49Z Pete Finnigan (mailto:webmaster\@petefinnigan.com) Pete Finnigan (mailto:pete\@petefinnigan.com) PeteFinnigan.com's weblog is the only weblog dedicated to Oracle security. Pete Finnigan's Oracle security weblog http://www.petefinnigan.com/images/company_logo_1.gif http://www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/entries http://www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archives/00001448.htm 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....<a href="http://www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archives/00001448.htm">[Read More]</a> <p>Posted by Pete On 20/11/18 At 10:06 PM</p> http://www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archives/00001447.htm 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....<a href="http://www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archives/00001447.htm">[Read More]</a> <p>Posted by Pete On 14/11/18 At 02:20 PM</p> http://www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archives/00001446.htm 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....<a href="http://www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archives/00001446.htm">[Read More]</a> <p>Posted by Pete On 15/09/18 At 08:28 AM</p> http://www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archives/00001445.htm 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....<a href="http://www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archives/00001445.htm">[Read More]</a> <p>Posted by Pete On 19/07/18 At 02:04 PM</p> http://www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archives/00001444.htm 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....<a href="http://www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archives/00001444.htm">[Read More]</a> <p>Posted by Pete On 13/06/18 At 09:02 PM</p> http://www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archives/00001443.htm 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....<a href="http://www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archives/00001443.htm">[Read More]</a> <p>Posted by Pete On 09/06/18 At 04:33 PM</p> http://www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archives/00001442.htm The ability to make grants on objects in the database such as tables, views, procedures or others such as SELECT, DELETE, EXECUTE and more is the cornerstone of giving other users or schemas granular access to objects. I say granular....<a href="http://www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archives/00001442.htm">[Read More]</a> <p>Posted by Pete On 07/06/18 At 06:58 PM</p> http://www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archives/00001441.htm I posted a couple of days ago my slides from the recent UKOUG Northern Technology day in Leeds where I spoke about GPPR for the Oracle DBA. I said then that i am also preparing a service line for helping....<a href="http://www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archives/00001441.htm">[Read More]</a> <p>Posted by Pete On 06/06/18 At 03:10 PM</p>