Preface

Welcome to Oracle Database Advanced Security Guide for the 12c Release 2 (12.2) of Oracle Advanced Security. This guide describes how to implement, configure, and administer Oracle Advanced Security.

Audience

Oracle Database Advanced Security Guide is intended for users and systems professionals involved with the implementation, configuration, and administration of Oracle Advanced Security including:

Implementation consultants
System administrators
Security administrators
Database administrators (DBAs)

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Related Documents

Before you configure Oracle Advanced Security features, you should be familiar with the following guides:

Many books in the documentation set use the sample schemas of the default database. Refer to Oracle Database Sample Schemasfor information about how these schemas were created and how you can use them.

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