Pete Finnigan
@petefinnigan.bsky.social
Living, breathing Oracle Security; Oracle ACE on security; OAK table member. Database security audits, consulting and training on all aspects of Oracle security - http://www.petefinnigan.com/training/oracle_security_training_in_york_2025.htm
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I will be teaching a 3 day Oracle Security class in York, UK from 3rd to 5th December 2025. Full details of the class are here - www.petefinnigan.com/training/ora... - Rare opportunity to be taught in person. To book early as places limited #oracle #security #training #oracleace
If you’re responsible for managing, designing or auditing Oracle databases, then the upcoming three-day course by Pete Finnigan is one you won’t want to miss - www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archi... - #oracleace #OracleSecurity #DatabaseSecurity #OracleDBA #CyberSecurityTraining #OracleTraining
November 11, 2025 at 12:05 PM
If you’re responsible for managing, designing or auditing Oracle databases, then the upcoming three-day course by Pete Finnigan is one you won’t want to miss - www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archi... - #oracleace #OracleSecurity #DatabaseSecurity #OracleDBA #CyberSecurityTraining #OracleTraining
Are you worried that someone could steal the data from your Oracle database? Do you feel overwhelmed and need guidance to secure your database.
I will be teaching 3 days in depth training in York, UK on the 3rd, 4th and 5th December 2025. lnkd.in/eniNGiQP
Book your place now -
I will be teaching 3 days in depth training in York, UK on the 3rd, 4th and 5th December 2025. lnkd.in/eniNGiQP
Book your place now -
November 3, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Are you worried that someone could steal the data from your Oracle database? Do you feel overwhelmed and need guidance to secure your database.
I will be teaching 3 days in depth training in York, UK on the 3rd, 4th and 5th December 2025. lnkd.in/eniNGiQP
Book your place now -
I will be teaching 3 days in depth training in York, UK on the 3rd, 4th and 5th December 2025. lnkd.in/eniNGiQP
Book your place now -
I will be teaching a 3 day Oracle Security class in York, UK from 3rd to 5th December 2025. Full details of the class are here - www.petefinnigan.com/training/ora... - Rare opportunity to be taught in person. To book early as places limited #oracle #security #training #oracleace
October 21, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I will be teaching a 3 day Oracle Security class in York, UK from 3rd to 5th December 2025. Full details of the class are here - www.petefinnigan.com/training/ora... - Rare opportunity to be taught in person. To book early as places limited #oracle #security #training #oracleace
I have just posted a new blog discussing AI and AI for Oracle Security - www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archi... - #oracleace #sym_42 #ukoug #ai #UKOUGDiscover25 #OracleCommunity #JoelKallmanDay #oracle #database #AI
October 15, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I have just posted a new blog discussing AI and AI for Oracle Security - www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archi... - #oracleace #sym_42 #ukoug #ai #UKOUGDiscover25 #OracleCommunity #JoelKallmanDay #oracle #database #AI
Brand new blog post discussing how we may block DISABLE TRIGGER to help with designing security solutions within the database - www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archi... - #oracleace #sym_42 #oracle #database #security #grants #ddl #trigger #protect #hacking #databreach #UKOUGDiscover2025
September 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Brand new blog post discussing how we may block DISABLE TRIGGER to help with designing security solutions within the database - www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archi... - #oracleace #sym_42 #oracle #database #security #grants #ddl #trigger #protect #hacking #databreach #UKOUGDiscover2025
I have been accepted to speak twice at the UKOUG conference in December - www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archi... - #oracleace #sym_42 #UKOUGDiscover25 #UKOUG #conference #community #oracle #database #security #fuzzing #design #plsql
September 22, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I have been accepted to speak twice at the UKOUG conference in December - www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archi... - #oracleace #sym_42 #UKOUGDiscover25 #UKOUG #conference #community #oracle #database #security #fuzzing #design #plsql
Is it possible in Oracle to stop your own procedure/package from being executed by someone with EXECUTE ANY PROCEDURE? - petefinnigan.com/weblog/archi... - #oracleace #sym_42 #oracle #security #audit #trail #audittrail #databreach #hacking #grants #protect #readonly #table
September 9, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Is it possible in Oracle to stop your own procedure/package from being executed by someone with EXECUTE ANY PROCEDURE? - petefinnigan.com/weblog/archi... - #oracleace #sym_42 #oracle #security #audit #trail #audittrail #databreach #hacking #grants #protect #readonly #table
Testing our secured schema and table to allow READONLY and delete and insert only via an API - www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archi... - #oracleace #sym_42 #oracle #security #audit #trail #audittrail #databreach #hacking #grants #protect #readonly #table
September 3, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Testing our secured schema and table to allow READONLY and delete and insert only via an API - www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archi... - #oracleace #sym_42 #oracle #security #audit #trail #audittrail #databreach #hacking #grants #protect #readonly #table
Lets implement an account you cannot log into and a table that you can read but not delete/insert except by an API and no updates! - www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archi... - #oracleace #sym_42 #oracle #security #audit #trail #audittrail #grants #protect #readonly #table
August 26, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Lets implement an account you cannot log into and a table that you can read but not delete/insert except by an API and no updates! - www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archi... - #oracleace #sym_42 #oracle #security #audit #trail #audittrail #grants #protect #readonly #table
New blog discussing how we may replicate the security of the AUDSYS.AUD$UNIFIED table without access to Oracle secret sauce - www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archi... - #oracleace #sym_42 #oracle #security #audit #unified #protect #audittrail #databreach #readonly #grants #protection
August 19, 2025 at 12:58 PM
New blog discussing how we may replicate the security of the AUDSYS.AUD$UNIFIED table without access to Oracle secret sauce - www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archi... - #oracleace #sym_42 #oracle #security #audit #unified #protect #audittrail #databreach #readonly #grants #protection
What is a schema in Oracle and what does the CREATE SCHEMA command do? - www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archi... - #oracleace #sym_42 #oracle #database #security #create #schema
August 14, 2025 at 9:05 AM
What is a schema in Oracle and what does the CREATE SCHEMA command do? - www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archi... - #oracleace #sym_42 #oracle #database #security #create #schema
Exploring how Oracle may or may not secure AUDSYS and AUD$UNIFIED - www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archi... - #oracleace #sym_42 #oracle #security #audit #unified #protect #audittrail #databreach
August 12, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Exploring how Oracle may or may not secure AUDSYS and AUD$UNIFIED - www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archi... - #oracleace #sym_42 #oracle #security #audit #unified #protect #audittrail #databreach
Twisted foot sideways and heard loud snap so knew it was broken. Rang 111, A&E and Urgent Care, x-ray &had the boot fitted quickly. 4-6 weeks for it to heal BUT all Oracle Security work, training and products are available #oracleace #sym_42 #oracle #security #training #software
August 11, 2025 at 3:08 PM
A new PL/SQL unwrapper for 9i and lower - www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archi... - #oracleace #sym_42 #oracle #plsql #unwrap #reverse #engineering #security
August 7, 2025 at 11:31 AM
A new PL/SQL unwrapper for 9i and lower - www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archi... - #oracleace #sym_42 #oracle #plsql #unwrap #reverse #engineering #security
New blog about attacking and protecting the Oracle database from file system issues - www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archi... - #oracleace #sym_42 #oracle #database #security #dos #hacking #file #directory #java
August 5, 2025 at 12:30 PM
New blog about attacking and protecting the Oracle database from file system issues - www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archi... - #oracleace #sym_42 #oracle #database #security #dos #hacking #file #directory #java
Oracle protects the user AUDSYS and makes the table AUD$UNIFIED read only; not 100% true because Oracle writes to it and allows delete via DBMS_AUDIT_MGMT. How does this work - www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archi... - #oracleace #sym_42 #oracle #security #audit #trail #unifiedaudit #readonly
July 31, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Oracle protects the user AUDSYS and makes the table AUD$UNIFIED read only; not 100% true because Oracle writes to it and allows delete via DBMS_AUDIT_MGMT. How does this work - www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archi... - #oracleace #sym_42 #oracle #security #audit #trail #unifiedaudit #readonly
Would you be surprised to know that if you issue one DDL command in Oracle that it actually does two DDL commands? - www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archi... - #oracleace #sym_42 #oracle #database #security #ddl #grants #privileges #hacking
July 28, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Would you be surprised to know that if you issue one DDL command in Oracle that it actually does two DDL commands? - www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archi... - #oracleace #sym_42 #oracle #database #security #ddl #grants #privileges #hacking
Don't be caught out using Mixed Mode Unified audit and find that your unified audit trail stops working - www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archi... - #oracleace #sym_42 #unified #audit #oracle #database #security #audittrail #audit
July 22, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Don't be caught out using Mixed Mode Unified audit and find that your unified audit trail stops working - www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archi... - #oracleace #sym_42 #unified #audit #oracle #database #security #audittrail #audit
Blog post about auditing Oracle databases - www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archi... - creating a security score, alerts score as well as adaptive audit trails and security and finally a black-box flight recorder for Oracle databases - #oracleace #sym_42 #oracle #database #security #audit
July 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Blog post about auditing Oracle databases - www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archi... - creating a security score, alerts score as well as adaptive audit trails and security and finally a black-box flight recorder for Oracle databases - #oracleace #sym_42 #oracle #database #security #audit
I have just created a blog post discussing privilege escalation in Oracle - www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archi... - #oracleace @oracleace #sym_42 #oracle #security #privilege #escalation #roles #grants #databreach #hacking #training
July 3, 2025 at 10:03 AM
I have just created a blog post discussing privilege escalation in Oracle - www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archi... - #oracleace @oracleace #sym_42 #oracle #security #privilege #escalation #roles #grants #databreach #hacking #training
More details in - www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archi... - discussing June 29th. 30 years since I got a first class honours degree in Electronics and 49 years since myself and Paul stopped an express train from crashing - #oracleace #oracle #security #traincrash #degree #electronics #june29th
June 26, 2025 at 11:24 AM
More details in - www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archi... - discussing June 29th. 30 years since I got a first class honours degree in Electronics and 49 years since myself and Paul stopped an express train from crashing - #oracleace #oracle #security #traincrash #degree #electronics #june29th
Thanks #oracleace @oracleace for accepting me as an Oracle ACE Pro for another year!!
June 25, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Thanks #oracleace @oracleace for accepting me as an Oracle ACE Pro for another year!!
Great news yesterday and extremely honoured to get an email from @oracleace to let me know I am an Oracle ACE Pro for 2025 to 2026. Thanks!
June 6, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Great news yesterday and extremely honoured to get an email from @oracleace to let me know I am an Oracle ACE Pro for 2025 to 2026. Thanks!
PFCLScan can be used to look for vulnerabilities in an Oracle database. I have written a brief history of the development of this tool as someone asked me about it recently - www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archi... - #oracle #security #pfclscan #vulnerability #scanner #breach #databreach #datasecurity
May 15, 2025 at 10:36 AM
PFCLScan can be used to look for vulnerabilities in an Oracle database. I have written a brief history of the development of this tool as someone asked me about it recently - www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archi... - #oracle #security #pfclscan #vulnerability #scanner #breach #databreach #datasecurity