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DB Security - Privilege Analysis

About This Workshop

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About This Workshop
In this lab, you'll explore Privilege Analysis, a powerful Oracle Database Enterprise Edition feature introduced in 12c. It helps identify and eliminate unused privileges, reducing risk and tightening security.

Excessive privileges are a common attack vector. Privilege Analysis goes beyond traditional audits by showing which privileges are actually used, helping you cut unnecessary access and shrink your attack surface.

Through hands-on exercises, you'll learn to generate actionable reports, refine privilege assignments, and strengthen your database security posture.

Workshop Info

15 minutes
  1. Create and Enable a Capture Policy - 
    Set up a targeted privilege analysis policy to monitor real privilege usage across the database.
  2. Simulate Real-World Workload - 
    Run sample operations to generate meaningful privilege usage data.
  3. Disable and Preserve the Capture - 
    Stop the capture once activity is recorded and prepare for analysis.
  4. Generate and Review the Report - 
    Produce a detailed report highlighting used and unused privileges.
  5. Enforce Least Privilege - 
    Interpret and analyze the report findings
  • Familiarity with how roles and privileges work in the Oracle database
  • Basic understanding of working in a Linux command-line environment
  • Rudimentary knowledge of PL/SQL commands

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