Overview
Many enterprises rely on Microsoft Active Directory Domain Services as the central source of identity while Oracle databases continue to run core business applications. At the same time, the volume and sophistication of cyber attacks continues to rise, and attackers frequently target identity systems and privileged accounts first.
Oracle Centrally Managed Users, commonly known as CMU, allows Oracle Database to integrate directly with Active Directory so that authentication and authorization are driven by your existing corporate directory. Viscosity Technology helps customers design and implement this integration across on-premise databases, Oracle Exadata, and cloud based Oracle deployments.
- Password based CMU
- Kerberos based single sign on
- PKI based authentication
- Global user and role mapping
- LDAPS and certificate management
- Operations and knowledge transfer
Why This Matters
With CMU in place, Active Directory becomes the source of truth for who can access Oracle databases and what they are allowed to do. Active Directory users and groups are mapped to Oracle database users and global roles, so authorization follows the same group structures your identity team already manages.
Onboarding and offboarding become simpler because access is granted or revoked through your existing identity processes instead of one off changes in each database. By centralizing authentication and authorization, CMU gives security and audit teams a clearer model for monitoring privileged access to critical data.
Your Path Through AD Integration
Assess and Design
Review Oracle and AD environments, choose the authentication method, and design the role mapping model.
Prepare and Implement
Active Directory preparation, Oracle database configuration, wallet setup, and global role definition.
Operate and Transfer
Operations procedures, troubleshooting playbooks, and knowledge transfer for DBAs, identity, and security teams.
Why Viscosity Technology
Viscosity treats Active Directory integration with CMU as a security focused architecture project rather than a checklist exercise. We follow a phased approach that moves from design through implementation and into operations and knowledge transfer, with a consistent emphasis on reducing risk from credential based and insider attacks.
Who This Is For
This service is for organizations replacing legacy Enterprise User Security or Oracle Internet Directory deployments, companies standardizing database access control across multiple Oracle environments, customers bringing Exadata or cloud based Oracle platforms under the same identity umbrella as the rest of the enterprise, and security teams responding to audit findings or penetration test results that demand stronger control of privileged access.