In this chapter we have explored some practical usages of the Oracle Wallet Manager as a keystone to provide encryption services for RMAN backups. This allows the DBA to protect data confidentiality in case a backup is taken.

On the other side, working in an environment where users are centrally authenticated once against a Single Sign On security server means the database must be properly configured. There are several tools involved in this process; Network Configuration Assistant(NETCA) which assists the DBA in configuring the files to find the LDAP server, Enterprise Security Manager(ESM) to create and manage enterprise users and roles and Database Configuration Assistant(DBCA) which was used to register the database against the LDAP server.

Once the environment has been properly configured and the user has been globally provisioned, they do not need to be locally authenticated for each database, providing a scalable solution for user management. In the demonstration, you saw...