Pete Finnigan's Oracle security weblog

Cluster Objects in the Oracle Database

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 09:13:47 +0000

Sometimes in forensic analysis of an Oracle database it is necessary to understand how data is stored on disk. Actually we must understand that if we were to create our own database we might start with a file that holds....[Read More]

Posted by Pete On 13/07/26 At 09:11 AM

AI Comparison for Oracle Security Code Generation

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 09:13:47 +0000

I am running a Mac Book Pro M5 with 64gb of RAM and a 2tb SSD. I wanted to use local LLMs to generate Oracle security related PL/SQL to see how good these models are at generating PL/SQL code and....[Read More]

Posted by Pete On 07/07/26 At 10:43 AM

AI

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 09:13:47 +0000

My day job is Oracle security and that covers a massive area of topics from performing security audits, helping customers secure data in their Oracle databases, forensics, building and designing audit trails and reports, secure coding in PL/SQL, encryption of....[Read More]

Posted by Pete On 06/07/26 At 12:56 PM

Forensic Analysis for records in Oracle with no Timestamp

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 09:13:47 +0000

If we have an Oracle database table with no timestamp can we still get a date/time stamp when something happened? For instance if a table has a date/time column then yes of course we can know when the records changed....[Read More]

Posted by Pete On 25/06/26 At 10:53 AM

DV_SECANALYST Analyse Database Vault Views

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 09:13:47 +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

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 09:13:47 +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

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 09:13:47 +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

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 09:13:47 +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