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1) Aside from:<br />
- applying the latest security patches, <br />
-ensuring you enforce strong passwords and password policies (non default passwords for DB accounts), <br />
- assign only the appropriate permissions to those database accounts, <br />
- ensure the database files are only accessible on the hosting server by the appropriate admin, <br />
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What other security best practices are there (specific to the oracle database product not the hosting OS) that should be considered? <br />
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2) Where exactly can you see where the RMAN backup is being written to?
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1) Aside from:
- applying the latest security patches, 
-ensuring you enforce strong passwords and password policies (non default passwords for DB accounts), 
- assign only the appropriate permissions to those database accounts, 
- ensure the database files are only accessible on the hosting server by the appropriate admin, 

What other security best practices are there (specific to the oracle database product not the hosting OS) that should be considered? 


2) Where exactly can you see where the RMAN backup is being written to?

Top Level Oracle RDBMS Security

Oracle is an object-relational database management system. It supports a large number of languages and application development frameworks. Its primary languages are SQL, PL/SQL and Java, but it also includes support for C and C++. Oracle also has its own enterprise modules and application server software.

Oracle Database

Databases are organized collections of data, most commonly accessed through management systems including schemas, tables, queries and processes that allow users to enter and manipulate the information or utilize it in other fashions, such as with web applications or for reporting purposes.