Account security is a fundamental building block for securing database environments. In fact, according to the FBI, weak and default passwords were responsible for several recent high-profile data breaches.
Authored by database security expert Ron Ben Natan, Ph.D., “HOWTO Secure and Audit Oracle 10g and 11g” (CRC Press, 2009) is the definitive 454-page guide for security pros, DBAs and IT auditors.
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Create users, profiles and policies.
Enforce complex passwords and check for weak ones.
Understand password lifetime parameters.
Define how many failed logins allowed before locking accounts.
Use impossible passwords rather than lock accounts to thwart attackers.
Limit system resource usage to prevent DoS attacks.
Audit information on users and profiles.
Download scripts and resources to test account security.
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