GDPR for DBAs
Exactly one year from now, from May 25th 2018, all businesses that handle personal data will have to comply with the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) legislation. At 260 pages in length,...
View ArticleTwelve new features for Cyber Security DBAs
In the early years of Oracle, Larry Ellison was asked if clients ever ask for their money back. “Nobody’s asked for their money back yet – he replied – a few have asked for their data back though!” A...
View ArticleWhat else besides Automatic Indexing is new in Oracle Database 19c?
Automatic Indexing (AI) is probably the most important new feature of Oracle Database 19c and AI is arguably one of the best example of AI in the IT industry. But there is much more that came along...
View ArticleORA-56955: quarantined plan used
“The way that worms and viruses spread on the Internet is not that different from the way they spread in the real world, and the way you quarantine them is not that different, either” – David Ulevitch...
View ArticleThe Power of Autonomous Database Security
“The most secure database is the one having no users connected.” You can quote me on that, I have learned it the hard way – from experience. Database security in short means protecting the data. Markus...
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The CLOUD_VERIFY_FUNCTION in Autonomous Database Cloud
Choosing a hard-to-guess but easy-to-remember password is by far the easiest one from all the hard tasks! 1. Database passwords and their complexity: According to GDPR personal data must be processed...
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How to use DBSAT for Oracle 20c and the Autonomous Database
“There should be no on/off button for security, it should always be on, everything should always be encrypted – there should be no option to turn security off” – Larry Ellison If you would like to...
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Life, Grace and Rollover time of passwords in the Oracle Database
The latest Release Update of Oracle Database 19c, namely 19.12, comes with two new features: Oracle memory speed support for PMEM devices and gradual database password rollover for applications. The...
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Unified Auditing for Top-Level Statements in the Oracle Database
Auditing a database has undoubtfully its benefits and more, but for the DBA, this can cause serious headaches in terms of managing space and performance. Especially in the cloud, where security and...
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Oracle Cloud Guard and Hybrid Tablespace Encryption
“There are two types of encryption: one that will prevent your sister from reading your diary and one that will prevent your government” – Bruce Schneier What is Hybrid Tablespace Encryption? With the...
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