Oracle’s new database security tool is free — for six months
Summary
Oracle has released Database Security Central, a free tool available until February 2027 that gives organizations a single place to monitor security risks across their databases. The tool helps security teams check security health, spot configuration drift (when actual settings differ from intended settings), identify access risks, track sensitive data, and manage security policies centrally. This comes as Oracle faces increased attacks on its database products and the emergence of Mythos, a bug-hunting AI model (an AI designed to find software vulnerabilities).
Solution / Mitigation
Oracle accelerated its patching schedule, switching from quarterly releases to monthly releases. The first monthly batch fixed 35 flaws.
Classification
Original source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/4209792/oracles-new-database-security-tool-is-free-for-six-months-2.html
First tracked: August 14, 2026 at 02:00 PM
Classified by LLM (prompt v3) · confidence: 95%