Oracle SOA Suite 11g Handbook

CHAPTER 15For Your Eyes Only

IT security has become more and more important over the last decades. Although at first security was frequently treated as a necessary evil, nowadays it has matured into a separate area of expertise. Recent drivers for applying security are changing government regulations, avoiding fraud, ensuring privacy, adhering to (stricter) auditing and compliancy rules, and providing more integration of both internal and external IT components using, for example, SOA and cloud computing.

For St. Matthews—and hospitals in general—security is a priority and an area of concern. Hospitals gather, store, and share sensitive personal information about patients. Medical records are strictly confidential and protected by government ...