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Chapter 4. Managing
Fusion
Applications' Security
Large ERP applications have multiple users. Each user interacts with the application
for different purposes. It is important that each user has access to the appropriate
amount of data and functionality. There would be process and security issues if all
users have access to all data contained within an application.
Application security has multiple aspects. Oracle Fusion Applications provide a com-
prehensive approach as well as a toolset for managing application security. The fol-
lowing areas of security will be reviewed:
•
An overview of application security
•
User management in Oracle Fusion Applications
•
A comparison of security architecture
An overview of application security
Applications provide users with the ability to perform business transactions. These
transactions both create data and operate on existing data. Additionally, several kinds
of reporting would be performed on the enterprise data that is created.
Applications have complex interdependencies as this is usually the nature of the busi-
ness being performed. A data change in one aspect of an application can have far-
reaching consequences in the other domains of an applications. Strong rules need to
be in place in order to ensure that data being altered is governed by business logic.
These rules also need to be enforced.
Applications channel access to data using a frontend user interface. This interface
forms a controlled medium through which the user performs business transactions.
These transactions, in turn, affect underlying data objects. An effective frontend would
provide a logical structure for the tasks that an end user needs to perform.
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