Common Database Security Tasks

As a database administrator for Oracle Database, you should be involved in the following security-related tasks:

• Ensuring that the database installation and configuration is secure

• Managing the security aspects of user accounts: developing secure password policies, creating and assigning roles, restricting data access to only the appropriate users, and so on

• Ensuring that network connections are secure

• Encrypting sensitive data

• Ensuring the database has no security vulnerabilities and is protected against intruders

• Deciding what database components to audit and how granular you want this auditing to be

• Downloading and installing security patches

In a small to midsize database environment, you might perform these tasks as well and all database administrator-related tasks, such as installing Oracle software, creating databases, monitoring performance, and so on. In large, enterprise environments, the job is often divided among several database administrators—each with their own specialty—such as database security or database tuning.