Oracle Security Handbook : Implement a Sound Security Plan in Your Oracle Environment (Paperback)

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From the official Oracle Press comes a comprehensive guide to implementing a sound security plan in your Oracle environment. This expert resource explains how to secure the operating system, the database, and the network and how to use Oracle's built-in security features. The book also explains how to hacker-proof, audit, and troubleshoot your entire system.

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Develop and Execute a Fail-Safe Security Plan for Your Oracle System

Opening mission-critical systems to partners and customers over the Internet poses new challenges to traditional measures of enterprise security. Oracle Security Handbook presents tested techniques and proven strategies for securing an Oracle environment -- from the operating system to the database to the network. You'll get step-by-step details on developing a rock-solid security plan and concrete examples of how to implement security using Oracle's built-in tools. The book also explains how to hacker-proof, audit, and troubleshoot your entire system. Officially endorsed by Oracle Corporation, this expert resource even delves into the details of Oracles own security implementations.

• Determine database vulnerability and the necessary steps to protect your system against attacks
• Implement operating-system security measures for UNIX and Microsoft Windows NT/2000
• Integrate authentication of database accounts with operating-system security
• Take advantage of the various password management features available in the Oracle database
• Use and control system and object privileges, roles, and views
• Implement location transparency using database links for server-to-server connections
• Design and implement secure applications using Virtual Private Database (VPD) and Oracle Label Security options
• Ensure data security over a network using the Oracle Advanced Security tool
• Construct a sound firewall to maintain network integrity
• Configure security into an Oracle9i Application Server Portal system
• Hacker-proof your system by anticipating an attacker's methods

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Product Details

• Paperback: 624 pages
• Publisher: Osborne/McGraw-Hill (August 14, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0072133252
• ISBN-13: 978-0072133257
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.5 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,140,027 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book, immediately useful, December 9, 2001

By	William C Loggins (Salt Lake City, Utah United States) - See all my reviews

I used this book to help compose a list of security risks and countermeasure for Oracle databases. I not only found many items for my list, I also increased my knowledge of the Oracle architecture, specifically regarding security. The authors cover how the components work together and with other items in modern enterprises, especially the information technology infrastructure. There's major information on securing the operating system, the database, and networks, plus loads of information about what should go into a security plan, policies, and procedures.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must read for any IT professional, April 1, 2002

By	Daniel J. Peacock (Comstock Park, MI United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Chapter 3 alone makes it worth the price. It makes a great case for having a corporate security policy and gives you a great starting point for creating your own policy. The writing is clear and the examples are useful.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars More Missing Pages, July 28, 2004

By	John C Varner (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Like a previous reviewer, I also had pages missing from my book. The pages were not torn out, the book was just defectively bound at the factory. Pages 485 thru 532 were missing. I bought the book used and luckily the seller refunded my money. Be careful with this book, there must still be a lot of them with missing pages in warehouses.