Oracle Database Options & Management Packs: the accidental-use audit trap

What you will take away

• Why options and management packs — not core database licenses — are the number-one source of Oracle audit findings.
• How Oracle detects usage through DBA_FEATURE_USAGE_STATISTICS and the feature-tracking views its review scripts read.
• The accidental-use mechanisms — installed-by-default binaries and one-click enablement — that create liability no one authorised.
• How to prevent exposure with control_management_pack_access, the chopt utility, least-privilege, and blocking controls.
• How to defend findings using false-positive and one-time-use evidence before they become a full-footprint back-licensing claim.