Security, Compliance, and Identity Management

Here is a brief analysis of the pre-release announcement for the upcoming January 2010 Oracle Critical Patch Update (CPU) – Overall, 24 security vulnerabilities are fixed in this CPU, which is a below average number but well within the range of previous CPUs (Oct-09=38, Jul-09=30, Apr-09=43, Jan-09=41, Oct-08=36, Jul-08=45, Apr-08=41, Jan-08=26, Oct-07=51, Jul-07=45, Apr-07=36, Jan-07=51, [...]

I have added the registration page for the upcoming Oracle security training – how to perform a security audit of an Oracle database to be held in York on February the 9th and 10th in England. The registration page gives….[Read More] Posted by Pete On 05/01/10 At 06:34 PM

There was a good blog post titled ” The need to ensure that hashed password values are safe ” picked up via my Oracle blogs aggregator that discusses Dennis’s FPGA cracker and also the importance of not letting the password….[Read More] Posted by Pete On 04/01/10 At 04:26 PM

Well it has been a while since my last blog entry – almost two weeks in fact, xmas added onto heavy work loads all gets in the way of blogging…:-) I still have a backlog of things to blog about….[Read More] Posted by Pete On 29/12/09 At 12:40 PM

Hi, this is Eric Maurice. Oracle today released the January 2010 Critical Patch Update (CPUJan2010). Today’s Critical Patch Update (CPU) provides 24 new security fixes across the following product families: Oracle Database Server, Oracle Secure Backup, Oracle Application Server, Oracle E-Business Suite, Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise, Oracle Primavera, Oracle WebLogic Server and JRockit. 13 of the [...]

On New Year's Eve it occurred to me that we had now crossed the years to not one but two of Arthur C. Clarke's sci-fi novels – 2001 and 2010. Of course on one hand we are no where near as advanced in manned space flight as described in those books. But I think there [...]

I saw the review of a new security book on Slashdot. It's called "Enterprise Security for the Executive: Setting the Tone from the Top" by Jennifer Bayuk. I just ordered it myself so I can't post any further information on the content, but I'll put up my thoughts as soon as I can. Posted via [...]

In conjunction with our recent partnership with 1 Security Solutions Applied we are happy to announce a new public training event which is run by both companies. We are offering an oppertunity for students to experience the PeteFinnigan.com Limited two….[Read More] Posted by Pete On 16/12/09 At 07:04 PM

I got my two chapters of the new Oak Table book ” Expert Oracle Practices: Oracle Database Administration from the Oak Table ” as final proofs from Apress today for a final check and send back; the book should be….[Read More] Posted by Pete On 17/12/09 At 07:35 PM

Wow, its been around a week since i last wrote here. I was on client work all last week, indeed i have been snowed under for quite a while so finding time for blogging is hard. I had promised myself….[Read More] Posted by Pete On 15/12/09 At 05:47 PM