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ORACLE DATA SHEET
ORACLE EXADATA DATABASE
MACHINE
SECURITY OVERVIEW
KEY FEATURES AND BENEFITS
Encrypt sensitive application
data with no application
changes
Prevent access to application
data through privileged user
credentials
Enforce data access through
the application tier
Prevent unauthorized
application changes
The Oracle Exadata Database Machine delivers extreme performance and
superior data security. As organizations consolidate their data, more and
more sensitive information ranging from email addresses to credit card
numbers now resides in a single database, giving organizations the ability
to secure and monitor that data more efficiently than ever before. Oracle
Exadata Database Machine customers can protect data at both the
database and storage tiers without giving up performance.
Monitor inbound traffic for
SQL injection threats
Cryptographic acceleration
with Intel® AES-NI integration
Consolidate, report and
monitor database audit
records
Centralized management
through Oracle Enterprise
Manager
Pre-configured templates for
many applications including
Oracle E-Business Suite,
Oracle Peoplesoft, Oracle
Siebel, SAP and more
Industry standard encryption
algorithms (AES, 3DES)
Oracle Exadata Database Machine Security
Data breaches continue to make headlines as hackers and criminal organizations launch
sophisticated attacks on large data repositories seeking credit card numbers, email addresses
and other sensitive information. While distributed databases provided security through
physical separation, they are costly to operate and often impede businesses agility. Data
consolidation provides increased business efficiencies, cost savings and ultimately stronger
security as fewer databases need to be secured and monitored. The Oracle Exadata Database
Machine can utilize Oracle’s industry leading database security solutions to block threats and
detect unauthorized activity. Misuse of privileged user credentials, insider threats, and SQL
injection are just a few of the threats that can be detected and prevented.
Oracle Exadata Database Machine with Oracle Advanced Security
Oracle Advanced Security transparent data encryption (TDE) protects sensitive data such as
credit card numbers and email addresses from attempts to access at the operating system
level, on backup media or in database exports. No triggers, views or other costly changes to
the application are required. TDE leverages performance and storage optimizations of the
Oracle Exadata Database Machine, including the Smart Flash Cache and Hybrid Columnar
Compression (EHCC). Compression interoperates seamlessly with TDE because it takes
place before the data is encrypted. Oracle Enterprise Linux running on the Compute Nodes
automatically leverages the hardware cryptographic acceleration available in its Intel®
XEON® 5600 CPUs. This additional performance boost provides up to 10 times faster
encryption and decryption, important for data consolidation and warehousing.
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