Pete Finnigan's Oracle security weblog

DV_SECANALYST Analyse Database Vault Views

Thu, 18 Jun 2026 09:42:46 +0000

I have been involved with Oracle Database Vault recently with a deployment and I was asked how can someone view the database vault dictionary views when DV is installed. So, if we start with no DV enabled in our database....[Read More]

Posted by Pete On 02/06/26 At 12:49 PM

I forgot my Oracle Database Vault owner Password

Thu, 18 Jun 2026 09:42:46 +0000

Let us imagine that I have a 21c database that has Database Vault (DV) enabled and I have forgotten my Database Vault owner password. In my case C##DVO. This user as well as a backup (That I have also forgotten....[Read More]

Posted by Pete On 28/05/26 At 02:17 PM

World Password Day and Oracle Security

Thu, 18 Jun 2026 09:42:46 +0000

I am slightly late with this one as the event itself was on the 7th May 2026. The World Password Day 2026 is a day to try and highlight that passwords are weak. An article I saw on line said....[Read More]

Posted by Pete On 11/05/26 At 12:37 PM

Securing Data in Oracle without Cost Options

Thu, 18 Jun 2026 09:42:46 +0000

I did a presentation at the UKOUG conference at the East Side rooms in Birmingham at the end of 2025. The focus of this talk was to highlight the problem of securing data held in an Oracle database without using....[Read More]

Posted by Pete On 05/05/26 At 11:25 AM

Fuzzing PL/SQL

Thu, 18 Jun 2026 09:42:46 +0000

I have not had chance to write any detailed blogs of late as we have been very busy with paying work and also working on our software products as we released version 2025 of PFCLScan and version 2026 is very....[Read More]

Posted by Pete On 20/04/26 At 09:34 AM

23 Years of Oracle Security

Thu, 18 Jun 2026 09:42:46 +0000

It is just slightly over 23 years since I started PeteFinnigan.com Limited to focus just on helping people secure data in Oracle databases. The company was incorporated on the 12th February 2003, so 23 years ago. I started the company....[Read More]

Posted by Pete On 16/03/26 At 01:14 PM

Compare Oracle Autonomous Database Security to Other on-Premise Databases

Thu, 18 Jun 2026 09:42:46 +0000

I published a blog post back in 2024 where i used PFCLScan Version 2024 to scan various databases from 11g to 23c/ai. The blog is Compare the Database Security of Oracle Database 11g, 12c, 18c, 19c, 21c and 23c/ai and....[Read More]

Posted by Pete On 25/02/26 At 09:59 AM

New PFCLScan Version 2025 Released to all Customers

Thu, 18 Jun 2026 09:42:46 +0000

We have just released a new version of PFCLScan at the end of last week. This is version 2025. PFCLScan is our database security tool for the Oracle database. There are a lot of changes and fixes to this version....[Read More]

Posted by Pete On 02/02/26 At 02:43 PM