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Living, breathing Oracle Security; Oracle ACE on security; OAK table member. Database security audits, consulting and training on all aspects of Oracle security - http://www.petefinnigan.com/training/oracle_security_training_in_york_2025.htm
Are you worried that someone could steal the data from your Oracle database? Do you feel overwhelmed and need guidance to secure your database.
I will be teaching 3 days in depth training in York, UK on the 3rd, 4th and 5th December 2025. lnkd.in/eniNGiQP
Book your place now -
I will be teaching a 3 day Oracle Security class in York, UK from 3rd to 5th December 2025. Full details of the class are here - www.petefinnigan.com/training/ora... - Rare opportunity to be taught in person. To book early as places limited #oracle #security #training #oracleace
21.10.2025 12:51 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
I have just posted a new blog discussing AI and AI for Oracle Security - www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archi... - #oracleace #sym_42 #ukoug #ai #UKOUGDiscover25 #OracleCommunity #JoelKallmanDay #oracle #database #AI
15.10.2025 13:31 — 👍 7 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Brand new blog post discussing how we may block DISABLE TRIGGER to help with designing security solutions within the database - www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archi... - #oracleace #sym_42 #oracle #database #security #grants #ddl #trigger #protect #hacking #databreach #UKOUGDiscover2025
24.09.2025 09:31 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I have been accepted to speak twice at the UKOUG conference in December - www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archi... - #oracleace #sym_42 #UKOUGDiscover25 #UKOUG #conference #community #oracle #database #security #fuzzing #design #plsql
22.09.2025 16:56 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
My Oracle Security blog is 21 next week. I have created a summary post detailing some of the blog journey - www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archi... - #oracleace #sym_42 #oracle #database #security #tools #software #training #products #blogging #birthday
10.09.2025 12:21 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Is it possible in Oracle to stop your own procedure/package from being executed by someone with EXECUTE ANY PROCEDURE? - petefinnigan.com/weblog/archi... - #oracleace #sym_42 #oracle #security #audit #trail #audittrail #databreach #hacking #grants #protect #readonly #table
09.09.2025 12:30 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Testing our secured schema and table to allow READONLY and delete and insert only via an API - www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archi... - #oracleace #sym_42 #oracle #security #audit #trail #audittrail #databreach #hacking #grants #protect #readonly #table
03.09.2025 12:08 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Lets implement an account you cannot log into and a table that you can read but not delete/insert except by an API and no updates! - www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archi... - #oracleace #sym_42 #oracle #security #audit #trail #audittrail #grants #protect #readonly #table
26.08.2025 09:37 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
New blog discussing how we may replicate the security of the AUDSYS.AUD$UNIFIED table without access to Oracle secret sauce - www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archi... - #oracleace #sym_42 #oracle #security #audit #unified #protect #audittrail #databreach #readonly #grants #protection
19.08.2025 12:58 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
What is a schema in Oracle and what does the CREATE SCHEMA command do? - www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archi... - #oracleace #sym_42 #oracle #database #security #create #schema
14.08.2025 09:05 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Exploring how Oracle may or may not secure AUDSYS and AUD$UNIFIED - www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archi... - #oracleace #sym_42 #oracle #security #audit #unified #protect #audittrail #databreach
12.08.2025 13:24 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Twisted foot sideways and heard loud snap so knew it was broken. Rang 111, A&E and Urgent Care, x-ray &had the boot fitted quickly. 4-6 weeks for it to heal BUT all Oracle Security work, training and products are available #oracleace #sym_42 #oracle #security #training #software
11.08.2025 15:08 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A new PL/SQL unwrapper for 9i and lower - www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archi... - #oracleace #sym_42 #oracle #plsql #unwrap #reverse #engineering #security
07.08.2025 11:31 — 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
New blog about attacking and protecting the Oracle database from file system issues - www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archi... - #oracleace #sym_42 #oracle #database #security #dos #hacking #file #directory #java
05.08.2025 12:29 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Thanks for this great insight Christoph
05.08.2025 12:28 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Oracle protects the user AUDSYS and makes the table AUD$UNIFIED read only; not 100% true because Oracle writes to it and allows delete via DBMS_AUDIT_MGMT. How does this work - www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archi... - #oracleace #sym_42 #oracle #security #audit #trail #unifiedaudit #readonly
31.07.2025 10:04 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Would you be surprised to know that if you issue one DDL command in Oracle that it actually does two DDL commands? - www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archi... - #oracleace #sym_42 #oracle #database #security #ddl #grants #privileges #hacking
28.07.2025 11:59 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Don't be caught out using Mixed Mode Unified audit and find that your unified audit trail stops working - www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archi... - #oracleace #sym_42 #unified #audit #oracle #database #security #audittrail #audit
22.07.2025 08:57 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Blog post about auditing Oracle databases - www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archi... - creating a security score, alerts score as well as adaptive audit trails and security and finally a black-box flight recorder for Oracle databases - #oracleace #sym_42 #oracle #database #security #audit
10.07.2025 14:42 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I have just created a blog post discussing privilege escalation in Oracle - www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archi... - #oracleace @oracleace #sym_42 #oracle #security #privilege #escalation #roles #grants #databreach #hacking #training
03.07.2025 10:03 — 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
More details in - www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archi... - discussing June 29th. 30 years since I got a first class honours degree in Electronics and 49 years since myself and Paul stopped an express train from crashing - #oracleace #oracle #security #traincrash #degree #electronics #june29th
26.06.2025 11:24 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Thanks #oracleace @oracleace for accepting me as an Oracle ACE Pro for another year!!
25.06.2025 09:21 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Great news yesterday and extremely honoured to get an email from @oracleace to let me know I am an Oracle ACE Pro for 2025 to 2026. Thanks!
06.06.2025 07:57 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
PFCLScan can be used to look for vulnerabilities in an Oracle database. I have written a brief history of the development of this tool as someone asked me about it recently - www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archi... - #oracle #security #pfclscan #vulnerability #scanner #breach #databreach #datasecurity
15.05.2025 10:36 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Finally changed PeteFinnigan.com to HTTPS. I know some people have commented over the years about this BUT the site was / is static and we do not collect any data so strictly HTTPS was not necessary but we have implemented it - www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archi... - #oracle #security #website #https
14.05.2025 08:31 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Is it possible to extend a PL/SQL application including Apex at runtime by embedding a script engine into it? - www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archi... - #oracleace #sym_42 #plsql #apex #scripting #compiler #interpreter #oracle #security
14.04.2025 11:41 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Are there any hidden, undocumented or public interfaces to wallets that can be used to manage encryption keys for DBMS_CRYPTO? - www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archi... - #oracleace #sym_42 #oracle #key #vault #wallet #encryption #tde #key
07.04.2025 13:13 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Are you concerned about key management when using DBMS_CRYPTO in your Oracle database to encrypt your data? - www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archi... - #oracleace #sym_42 #oracle #data #encryption #security #datasecurity #keys #vault #audit #audittrails
02.04.2025 14:18 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
on my way to Oracle Cloud World London 2025 #ocw #oracleace #sym_42
20.03.2025 08:34 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
