Encrypt sys and system tables

How to encrypt/restrict sys and system tables so that no user can view them.
On one of the database few user are having dba access.
Is it possible to restrict their access on the dictionary tables.

I have not heard of anyone encrypting the sys and system schemas, and suspect it is not possible due to the number of tools that need access to these tables and views (OEM, RMAN etc)
Maybe the application needs to run "create user" or "select * from v$session", but this does not mean that it needs DBA role. Turn on tracing or auditing to find out what priveleges the application actually needs, then grant minimum priveleges and revoke DBA.
In the worst case if the application won't start unless it has been granted a role called "DBA" then you may be able to revoke all priveleges from the DBA role and then grant them via a custom role called "MY_DBA", but there is potential for this to go very wrong, so test in a DEV environment first, and I doubt Oracle Support would approve.
Or you could use Database Vault ....

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