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The Challenges of User Management

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Administrators must keep database user information up to date and secure for the entire enterprise. As the number of applications and users increase, this task becomes more complex. Typically, each user has multiple accounts on different databases, resulting in too many passwords for users to remember, and too many accounts for administrators to effectively and securely manage. Reducing the number of user accounts and storing them in a centralized location increases efficiency and security by cutting complexity.

The Oracle Database feature, Enterprise User Security, enables storing database users and their corresponding administrative and security information in Oracle Internet Directory, a centralized LDAP directory server. Centralized storage of users in the directory eliminates the need for multiple accounts on different databases. Instead one database user, who is stored in the directory, can access and be authenticated to multiple databases.

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