CHAPTER9
Access Controls with Oracle Label Security
Oracle Label Security (OLS) controls row-level access to data in a protected table. The foundation of OLS is Virtual Private Database (VPD), implemented using the row-level security package DBMS_RLS. OLS is another example of table fire with row filter (TFRF) as we saw with VPD in Chapter 7 and RAS in Chapter 4.
About Oracle Label Security
OLS is uniquely different from VPD and RAS because OLS offers a declarative policy with constructs for its components. OLS does not require the deep technical programming know-how that RAS and VPD require. Also, VPD, RAS, and OLS can be used as separate security ...
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