CHAPTER20Advanced Security—Virtual Private Databases
In prior chapters, you have seen how to use views to enhance security by displaying only the rows that meet specified criteria. In this chapter, you will see how to use a Virtual Private Database (VPD) to provide that type of record-level security across your application tables. In VPD, you attach security policies directly to tables, views, and synonyms so there is no way for users to bypass your security settings.
In a VPD, any SQL used to access a table, view, or synonym protected by a VPD policy is dynamically modified to include a limiting condition—a WHERE clause or an AND clause. The ...
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