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Best Practices
 

Best Practice #1: Follow Oracle's Best Practices
Best Practice #2: Do Not Allow Shared Accounts
Best Practice #3: Do Not Use Generic Passwords
Best Practice #4: Use New Features Provided By The UMX Module
Best Practice #5: Treat All Non-Production Instances With The Security As Production
Best Practice #6: Set Application User Signon Profile Values
Best Practice #7: Set E-Business Suite Timeout Parameters and Profiles
Best Practice #8: Properly Set Other Security-Related Profiles
Best Practice #9: Restrict Network Access - Set Password on Database Listener
Best Practice #10: Follow the Principle of Least Privilege
Best Practice #11: Regularly Change System Passwords
Best Practice #12: Minimize Passwords Contained In OS Files
Best Practice #13: Secure Default Database Accounts
Best Practice #14: Be Proactive!
Best Practice #15: Apply all prior, and plan in advance to apply any new Oracle Security Patches
Best Practice #16: Limit Access To Forms Allowing SQL Entry
Best Practice #17: Validate Your Security By Performing Security Assessments
Best Practice #18: Periodically Expire Applications Users’ Passwords
Best Practice #19: Restrict Network Access - Limit Direct Access To The Database
Best Practice #20: Don't stop now!