Chapter 6. Beyond Privileges: Oracle Label Security
In this chapter we will cover:
- Creating and using label components
- Defining and using compartments and groups
- Using label policy privileges
- Using trusted stored units
Introduction
The name "labels" comes from the main component used to secure data, namely the data label. Oracle Label Security
(OLS) is a security framework that protects data through the use of a hierarchical access model. A properly designed OLS installation can allow sensitive data to be located within the same table as less sensitive information, by allowing for more fine-grained data access restrictions than can be applied with traditional SELECT privileges, without the complexity involved with writing additional code such as VPD ...
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