Oracle Database 10g builds upon the powerful security features delivered in Oracle9i to bring state-of-the-art capabilities to address rapidly emerging requirements in the areas of privacy, regulatory compliance, and data consolidation. New features include column based access controls with Virtual Private Database, enhancements to Fine Grained Auditing, support for the AES algorithm for database encryption, expanded support for PKI and integration of Oracle Label Security with Oracle Identity Management. A new feature in Oracle Database 10g Release 2 is Transparent Data Encryption, part of the Advanced Security Option.