Oracle has been on a security campaign ever since Larry Ellison openly began discussing the new “autonomous database” — so called because it can manage itself, including self-patching and upgrading, without human effort. The hands-off database can eliminate human labor to keep it tuned and running, according to Oracle, greatly reducing the time between availability and implementation. It also significantly reduces mistakes made by DBAs — errors of omission that happen when humans can’t apply a patch soon enough to prevent an intrusion.
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