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Database Vault : Rules, Rule Sets and Command Rules

By Mouhamadou Diaw In a previous blog I talked about protecting data using Realms. With Database Vault we can also protect our database against some SQL statements. These statements can include SELECT, ALTER SYSTEM, database definition language (DDL), and data manipulation language (DML) statements. We can do this with Command Rules. In this blog I am demonstrating how we can… 

Oracle Database Vault: Realm in a Pluggable Database

By Mouhamadou Diaw Database Vault can also be used in a multitenant environment. In a multitenant environment we must register Oracle Database Vault in the root first, then after in the PDBs. In this blog we will see how we can use realms to protect data in a pluggable database 12.1. In CDB$ROOT we have to create common accounts that… 

Oracle AVDF – Database Firewall Policies

The successful deployment of a Database Firewall depends on an effective policy. Oracle AVDF includes preconfigured firewall policies as described in the Firewall Policy page in the Policy tab of the Audit Vault Server console. These include policies that log all SQL statements, or log only unique SQL statements. In addition, the Database Firewall policy editor enables you to design… 

ORA-03113 caused by Database Vault Rule Sets

Database Vault solution allows to create rules that manage access to database. Among these rules there is what is called in Database Vault “Rule Sets”. These logic components are written as PL/SQL functions to return Boolean results.

If rule expressions do not match the user context, the access is refused and a specific message can be configured in order to

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