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Blog: Role of Identity Management in Public vs. Private Cloud Computing
"A traditional cloud-based environment offers a quick and cost-effective access to technology." writes Vadim Lander. "However, by letting go of the infrastructure, managing security risk becomes an important task requiring a joint effort between the client and cloud provider. To help mitigate such risk, use of identity and access management solutions by cloud providers are a must."
posted Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:38:11 +0000
Blog: Customizing the Oracle IRM status pages (Oracle IRM, the official blog)
"Security is nothing." says Simon Thorpe, "without an adequate user experience and a manageable administrative model is reinforced by these very flexible status pages."
posted Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:01:09 +0000
Blog: Which is Better: Forms Servlet or Socket Mode?
Steven Chan helps you decide with an explanation of each of these Oracle Forms modes, and a comparison of their respective advantages.
posted Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:54:00 +0000
Technical Article: Security: Creating Custom Authentication
Build single sign-on/sign-off for a suite of applications in Oracle Application Express.
posted Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:19:30 +0000
Got Excellence in App Grid or Business Intelligence/EPM? Prove It.
Jointly sponsored by Oracle, OAUG, QUEST, ODTUG, IOUG, AUSOUG and UKOUG, the Oracle Excellence Award honors organizations creatively using Oracle Fusion Middleware to offer unique business value. This year, the Award will recognize customers in the business intelligence/EPM and Application Grid categories; winners to receive a free Oracle OpenWorld Full Conference Pass, among other goodies!
posted Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:50:49 +0000
Tech Article: Transparent Data Encryption - Experience from the Trenches
One user's experience implementing Oracle TDE reveals some helpful advice about the best approach to encrypting existing data.
posted Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:35:27 +0000
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Documentation and Best Practices
Critical Patch Update Implementation (PDF)
Oracle Database Security Guide
Tutorial: Defending Against SQL Injection Attacks
Web Services Security Guide
Achieving Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance with Oracle Identity Management (PDF)

Community Content
How-To: Set Up X509 Certificate Authentication for Oracle WebLogic Server
Authorizing Access to Dynamic Spatial-Temporal Data
Learn Database Security Best Practices: Project Lockdown
How To Encrypt Data in Oracle Using PHP
Securing a .NET Application on the Oracle Database
Understanding Transparent Data Encryption
Database Security: Beyond the Password
Using VPD in an Oracle HTML DB Application
Encrypt Your Data Assets
Fine-Grained Auditing in Oracle Database 10g (3-part series)
Oracle 10g Virtual Private Database in Action
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