Former incarnations of Oracle Advanced Security included Secure Network Services and Advanced Network Services, dating back to Oracle database Release 7.3
Greenwald, Rick (2002). Oracle in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference. In a Nutshell. David C. Kreines. O'Reilly Media, Inc. p. 114. ISBN 9780596003364. Retrieved 2012-08-22. Oracle Advanced Security provides additional security functionality in three main areas: Network security [...] Enterprise user security [...] Public key infrastructure security [...] Oracle Advanced Security embeds these services in the Oracle Net Services layer [...] 9780596003364 ↩
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Moran, Rita (December 2003). Oracle Security Overview 10g Release 1 (10.1). Jeff Levinger. Oracle Corporation. Retrieved 2012-08-22. Oracle has supported encryption of network data through Oracle Advanced Security (formerly known as "Secure Network Services", and then "Advanced Networking Option") since Oracle7. http://docs.oracle.com/cd/B14117_01/network.101/b10777/title.htm ↩
Gupta, Saurabh K. (2012). "6: Virtual Private Database". Advanced Oracle PL/SQL Developer's Guide. Professional experience distilled (2 ed.). Birmingham: Packt Publishing Ltd (published 2016). p. 161. ISBN 9781785282522. Retrieved 2016-07-31. The Oracle Advanced Security option includes: [...] Oracle Key Vault (OKV): Oracle Key Vault provides a robust key management platform that can be used as the centralized repository of TDE master keys, Oracle wallets, Java key stores, SSH keys, and other security credential files. 9781785282522 ↩