Oracle provides several tools to protect your data against unauthorized access. Encrypted backups, encrypted data pump exports, certified security, and user authentication are just some of the useful tools and techniques that can be used to enhance security management. The keystone tool used to manage security is the Oracle Wallet Manager, a tool which was explained earlier in this book.

Backups are a must do task wherever an information system exists. Backing up information is a task that should be routinely performed. The point here doesn't actually have to do with backups by themselves, but how to manage those backups once they are taken. A backup holds the information required to restore the system. It allows you to restore it somewhere else, but to the original system where it was taken from. If this is not an authorized location, or if the user is not supposed to be authorized to restore the data, then the data's security could be compromised. Oracle...