Oracle7 Server Application Developer's Guide

CHAPTER 13. Establishing a Security Policy

Given the many types of mechanisms available to maintain the security of an Oracle database, a discretionary security policy should be designed and implemented to determine

the level of security at the application level

system and object privileges

database roles

how to grant and revoke privileges and roles

how to create, alter, and drop roles

how role use can be controlled

These topics and guidance on developing security policies are discussed in this chapter. If you are using Trusted Oracle, see the Trusted Oracle7 Server Administrator's Guide for additional information about establishing an overall system security policy.