Identity and Access Management, Identity Governance

Centrally Managed Users (CMU) Centrally Managed Users or CMU is a new feature introduced since Oracle DB 18c which allows simplified database user management through integration with Microsoft Active Directory (AD). Beginning with Oracle Database release 18c, version 18.1 and later supports direct integration with Microsoft Active Directory (AD) using the new centrally managed users capability. CMU allows the Oracle database to perform user authentication and authorization directly against AD. Benefits of CMU With centrally managed users, users accessing the database can be centrally managed to improve an organization's security posture. An enterprise user (a user in Microsoft Active Directory) can be exclusively mapped to a database account, or many enterprise users (in an Microsoft Active Directory group) can be mapped to a shared account in the database. Microsoft Active Directory groups can also be mapped to a database global role, which provides users with additional privilege

10 Processes in the Executing Process Group There are 5 Process Groups as per the PMI PMBOK Guide for PMP – Initiating, Planning, Executing, Monitoring & Controlling & Closing. This post is about processes in the Executing Process Group. PMBOK 6 Executing Process Group There are now ten (10) processes in the Executing Process Group from PMBOK 6 Guide. Following is the break up of the processes among their respective knowledge areas. Integration Management Knowledge Area has 2 processes, Resource Management Knowledge Area has 3 processes, and Knowledge Areas of Quality, Communication, Risk, Procurement and Stakeholder Management have one process each for a total of 10 Processes. What is Executing Process Group? The Executing Process Group consists of the processes used to complete the work defined in the Project Management Plan to accomplish project requirements. The processes in this Group are the ones that need to be performed to complete the work defined in the project manage