Securing sensitive data with Oracle VPD

Blitz Report is designed to work securely within the EBS infrastructure, specifically allowing control over table access using standard Oracle Virtual Private Database (VPD) security policies at both the row and column level. The first step is creating a policy function that dictates data visibility dynamically at query time.

Certainly. A typical implementation involves creating a PL/SQL policy function (e.g., `xxen_vpd_per_phones_fnc`) that dynamically returns a predicate. For instance, to restrict all non-‘APPS’ users, the function checks the user and returns the predicate `’1=2’` if `l_user != ‘APPS’`, effectively hiding all rows from unauthorized individuals.

While Oracle generally plays it safe by stating they do not support custom VPD policies that affect standard EBS application functionality (which could cause data corruption or errors), implementing policies specifically on Blitz Report tables for securing developer SQL access is generally considered safe, as it cannot affect the standard EBS application or hide operational data from it.