8.9 Security in Oracle
Oracle provides robust security that goes far beyond the SQL authorization language commands. There are many different ways to set up and manage the security of an Oracle database installation other than the methods discussed here.
8.9.1 Security Features
Security features include facilities for all the following activities:
Management of user accounts. User accounts can be created, user rights defined, and password and profile policies set up in several ways. Strong passwords can be enforced. User views, privileges, profiles, and roles can be used to limit user access to data.
Authentication of users can be performed at the database level, from the operating system level and from a network.
Application security policies ...
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