Creating and using Oracle Database Vault rulesets

As their name denotes, rulesets are a collection of rules that in turn consist of logical statements, which might evaluate to true or false. Because of their capacity for evaluation, rulesets can be associated with command rules, realm authorization, and factor assignment, as well as secure application roles.

Getting ready

In this recipe we will create two rulesets:

• The first ruleset will allow the selection of emp_detail_view from the vw_america and vw_europe users only, and no other user will be allowed to select from this view.

• The second ruleset will limit the creation of views for reporting, only at the end of the month. In these recipes, we will re-use the two command rules created in the previous recipe.

How to do it...

Rules sets can be defined by using the PL/SQL Oracle Database Vault administrative packages or by using DVA:

1. Log in with ODVA_OWNER in DVA Console.

2. In the Database Vault Feature Administration panel, click on Rule Sets.

3. In...