The Basics of Installing and Running Oracle Applications 11i Securely

Consider the impact if your core manufacturing system is brought down for a day, your general ledger data is hopelessly corrupted during year-end close, or your sensitive human resources data for every employee is stolen. Oracle Applications is often a company's most important application and the consequences of having it compromised could be catastrophic. However, usually little effort is spent to properly secure Oracle Applications from real-world threats and common types of attacks due to implementation time constraints, limited IT budgets, and a lack of understanding of critical security issues. Security must be addressed during the installation, configuration, and management of Oracle Applications. Best practices and techniques to minimize security risks and issues associated with implementing and managing Oracle Applications will be discussed – topics will include required changes to profile options and configuration settings, auditing, user management, change management, and customizations.

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