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Unbreakable or Hackable: How Does Oracle Measure Up?

This is the first in a series of abstracts I’ve submitted for Collaborate 2008 in Denver CO.

Marketing is one thing, bulletproof technology is quite another. Operating Systems have bugs, Database Software has bugs, and so does your application, probably. A better question is how hackable are you? We’ll look at some of the nefarious ways intruders can get in, so you’ll better know how secure your systems really are.

1. Unbreakable As a Pie In the Sky
2. OS level
3. Database level
4. Application level
5. Conclusions

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One Response to “Unbreakable or Hackable: How Does Oracle Measure Up?”

  1. Shawn Collins Says:
    November 6th, 2007 at 4:15 pm

    Oracle by default is quite insecure.
    There are several published documents specifically intended to secure an Oracle environment (example: Securing an Oracle environment, or Pete Finnigan’s website etc..

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