Four times a year Oracle issues its Critical Patch Update (CPU) to address security vulnerabilities in its technologies. According to database-security firm Sentrigo, Oracle’s efforts may well be underutilized by its users. Sentrigo found that only 10 percent of respondents in a study of Oracle User Group attendees reported they were up to date and had installed the latest Oracle CPU.
A staggering 67.5 percent of respondents admitted they had never applied any Oracle CPU. The study results come on the eve of Oracle’s January CPU release in which 27 issues are expected to be addressed. Slavik Markovich, CTO of Sentrigo, told InternetNews.com of a few other trends he noticed among the user group’s attendees and Sentrigo customers. Overall, Markovich noted a lack of awareness — especially among IT security professionals — of open database vulnerabilities. Research: Oracle Applications Not Secure
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