- Elimination of the cost and risk associated with manually applying security patches
- Timely, automated application of security patches, ensuring that the latest updates have been applied against all known vulnerabilities
- Other features that enhance database security, including encryption of data both in motion and at rest, automatic and continuous activity auditing, and Database Vault, which ensures that only those personnel who actually work with the data can see the data
Database security is threatened by several factors. When vulnerabilities are found, patches are issued to correct for these vulnerabilities, but delays in applying such patches leaves databases open to attack. Such delays can occur because of the cost, risk, and operational disruption involved in applying patches manually.
Oracle's approach to this problem within the Oracle Autonomous Database allows for the timely and automatic application of security patches without the risk of manual work (because it is automated) and without operational disruption.