Managing security, audit, and compliance for Oracle SaaS HCM (Human Capital Management) and ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) is a critical task for organizations. The replay for this Observability Insights session is available here: Efficiently managing security, audit, and compliance for Oracle SaaS HCM and ERP on May 15, 2025 at 9 am PT. 

Oracle Fusion HCM house some of the most critical data for an organization. Businesses are obligated to track, preserve, and act proactively for compliance & audit requirements by regulators. Ensuring end-to-end data integrity and making it available to IT Ops, SecOps and audit teams is a complex task. In this session, you’ll learn the best practices used by Oracle SaaS customers for managing audit, compliance and security of their environment by leveraging OCI Logging Analytics (LA).

Managing security, audit, and compliance challenges

  1. Data Integrity: Ensuring the accuracy, completeness, and consistency of data across the organization
  2. Compliance: Meeting regulatory requirements such as GDPR, HIPAA, SOX, and others
  3. Audit: Providing visibility into system changes, user activity, and data access
  4. Security: Protecting sensitive data from unauthorized access, theft, or manipulation 

OCI LA best practices managing audit, compliance and security environments 

  1. Implement OCI Logging Analytics: Leverage Oracle’s Logging Analytics to collect and analyze log data from various sources within the organization.
  2. Configure Audit Trails: Set up audit trails to track changes to sensitive data and system configurations.
  3. Role-Based Access Control (RBAC): Implement RBAC to restrict access to sensitive data based on user roles.
  4. Data Encryption: Encrypt sensitive data both in transit and at rest.
  5. Regular Security Audits: Perform regular security audits to identify vulnerabilities and address them proactively.

Oracle SaaS Customers’ Best Practices

  1. Use Oracle’s Built-in Security Features: Leverage Oracle’s built-in security features such as encryption, authentication, and authorization.
  2. Implement Segregation of Duties (SoD): Implement SoD policies to prevent users from performing conflicting tasks that could compromise security or compliance.
  3. Monitor System Activity: Use Logging Analytics to monitor system activity in real-time and detect potential security threats or compliance issues.

 Benefits of Using OCI Logging Analytics:

  1. Improved Visibility: Gain visibility into system activity across the organization.
  2. Enhanced Compliance: Meet regulatory requirements by tracking changes to sensitive data and system configurations.
  3. Scalability Scalable Solution: Easily scale your Logging Analytics solution as your organization grows.
  4. Security Improved Security: Detect potential security threats in real-time.

Implementing these best practices and leveraging Oracle’s Logging Analytics solution can help organizations efficiently manage their audit trail needs while ensuring end-to-end integrity.  Visit the replay. and keep checking this blog for more product updates.

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