# Oracle Advanced Security

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'''Oracle Advanced Security''' is an extra-cost option for [Oracle database](/source/Oracle_database) environments. It extends [Oracle Net Services](/source/Oracle_Net_Services) in the field of [database](/source/database) [computing](/source/computing) to provide network security, enterprise-user security, public-key infrastructure security<ref>
{{cite book
| last                  = Greenwald
| first                 = Rick
| others                = David C. Kreines
| title                 = Oracle in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference
| url                   = https://books.google.com/books?id=8LNnWzbAOz4C
| accessdate            = 2012-08-22
| series                = In a Nutshell
| year                  = 2002
| publisher             = O'Reilly Media, Inc.
| isbn                  = 9780596003364
| page                  = 114
| quote                 = Oracle Advanced Security provides additional security functionality in three main areas: ''Network security'' [...] ''Enterprise user security'' [...] ''Public key infrastructure security'' [...] Oracle Advanced Security embeds these services in the Oracle Net Services layer [...]
}}
</ref> and data encryption to users of Oracle databases.

Network encryption (native network encryption and [SSL/TLS](/source/SSL%2FTLS)) and strong authentication services ([Kerberos](/source/Kerberos_(protocol)), PKI, and [RADIUS](/source/RADIUS)) are no longer part of Oracle Advanced Security and are available in all licensed editions of all supported releases of the Oracle database.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E11882_01/license.112/e47877/options.htm#DBLIC143|title=Database Licensing Information}}</ref>

== History ==
Former incarnations of Oracle Advanced Security included Secure Network Services and Advanced Network Services, dating back to Oracle database Release 7.<ref>
{{cite book
| last                  = Moran
| first                 = Rita
| others                = Jeff Levinger
| title                 = Oracle Security Overview 10g Release 1 (10.1)
| url                   = http://docs.oracle.com/cd/B14117_01/network.101/b10777/title.htm
| accessdate            = 2012-08-22
| date                  = December 2003
| publisher             = Oracle Corporation
| quote                 = Oracle has supported encryption of network data through Oracle Advanced Security (formerly known as "Secure Network Services", and then "Advanced Networking Option") since Oracle7.
}}
</ref>

== Components ==
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* Oracle Key Vault (OKV) - key management<ref>
{{cite book
| last1 = Gupta
| first1 = Saurabh K.
| author-link1 = 
| chapter = 6: Virtual Private Database
| title = Advanced Oracle PL/SQL Developer's Guide
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Hq1KDAAAQBAJ
| year = 2012
| edition = 2
| location = Birmingham
| series = Professional experience distilled
| publisher = Packt Publishing Ltd
| publication-date = 2016
| page = 161
| isbn = 9781785282522
| access-date = 2016-07-31
| quote = The Oracle Advanced Security option includes: [...] Oracle Key Vault (OKV): Oracle Key Vault provides a robust key management platform that can be used as the centralized repository of TDE master keys, Oracle wallets, Java key stores, SSH keys, and other security credential files.
}}
</ref>

== Footnotes ==
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Advanced Security

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