CHAPTER 4Database Vault Introduction

Oracle has always endeavored to increase the capabilities of the Oracle Database. Over the years, staggering innovations have been realized in performance, reliability, extensibility, and sheer capability. Oracle Database is the number one database in the world because of these unmatched capabilities. But as robust as Oracle Database is in the database security arena, a few things about the implementation needed to be improved. It may be startling to discover that, until recently, a security gap in Oracle Database desperately needed to be filled. This gap has become wider and more relevant because of the critical security challenges we face with compliance and cyber security today. Oracle Database Vault fills ...

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