Release Notes

Product Description

CAKM for Oracle TDE provides key management and data encryption capabilities, in conjunction with the CipherTrust Manager, to Oracle Transparent Data Encryption (TDE).

Release Description

This release includes new features, enhancements, and bug fixes.

Features and Enhancements

• Rebranded to CipherTrust Application Key Management (CAKM) for Oracle TDE.

• Migration from Vormetric Key Management (VKM) to CAKM for Oracle TDE.

• Updated installer to perform basic configuration such as NAE IP address and port. Refer to Installing and Configuring CAKM for Oracle TDE for details.

• Support for silent installation.

• Support for Oracle GoldenGate 19C

Supported Product Versions

Supported Platforms

• Windows Server 2019, 64-bit

• RHEL 7.x, 64-bit

• Oracle Linux 7.9, 64-bit

• AIX 7.2, 64-bit

• Solaris 11.4, 64-bit

Supported Oracle Database

• Oracle Database 19c (validated with 19.9.0.0.0)

Supported CipherTrust Manager

• CipherTrust Manager 2.5.2 and higher

Note

Migration from VKM to CAKM for Oracle TDE is supported from CipherTrust Manager 2.5.2 and higher.

Resolved and Known Issues

As this is the first release, there are no known or resolved issues specific to this release.

Upgrade Paths

CAKM for Oracle TDE can be upgraded from:

• SafeNet PKCS#11 library to CAKM for Oracle TDE

  From	To
  SafeNet PKCS#11 library	CAKM for Oracle TDE 8.10.0 or higher

  

  Note

  Upgrade is validated from SafeNet PKCS#11 Library 8.3.0 and higher.

• VKM to CAKM for Oracle TDE

  From	To
  VKM 6.3.0 or higher	CAKM for Oracle TDE provider 8.10.0 or higher
  DSM 6.4.4 or higher	CipherTrust Manager 2.5.2 and higher

Limitation

• In this release, installation of CAKM for Oracle TDE using CipherTrust Manager username (in the format <cm_users>) is only supported. Installation of CAKM for Oracle TDE using LDAP username (in the format ldap||<cm_user>) is not supported.

• In this release, Load Balancing and Multi-Tier functionality is not supported with the Manual HSM Wallet.