India’s leading petroleum company, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited has selected Oracle Audit Vault and Oracle Database Vault solutions, which are part of Oracle’s Database Security solutions for securing its Crude Oil Import Tender application.

The Crude Oil Tender application plays a pivotal role in HPCL’s overall profit. The Oracle solutions will help HPCL safeguard the e-application system by providing classified information such as information on material quality, quantity, loading port, pricing period among others.

The system also secures access to HPCL bid data from unauthorized access and also enables HPCL to audit all database activity as well as reduces IT security costs by automating the collection and consolidation of audit data from all database servers.

“The e-tendering application is a very vital and integral part of HPCL’s crude oil business. Being an online process, we had to ensure that no information leaks out before the bid is closed,” said Nishi Vasudeva, Executive Director – Information Systems, HPCL. “We decided to implement Oracle Audit Vault and Database Vault because they extend the power of Oracle Database security to meet specific requirements in security and compliance.”

“We are delighted to be able to support –HPCL in securing their e-tendering process with solutions that protect their mission critical data,” said Sandeep Mathur, Vice President, Technology Sales, Oracle India. “At a time when companies are facing increasingly sophisticated threats from both external attacks and insiders, Oracle Database Security solutions allow organizations to deploy controls needed to protect their data and their business.”