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Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Title and Copyright Information
Preface
Audience
Documentation Accessibility
Related Documents
Conventions
Quick Reference for Common Tasks
About this Quick Reference
Secured Targets
User Accounts and Access Rights
Email Notifications
Status and Job Monitoring
Firewall Policies
Audit Policies (for Oracle Databases)
Reports
Entitlements
Alerts
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Introducing Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall
Downloading the Latest Version of This Manual
System Features
About Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall
Supported Secured Targets
Auditing Features
Administrative Features
Integrations With Third-Party Products
Component Architecture
How Oracle AVDF Components Work Together
The Audit Vault Server
The Database Firewall
The Audit Vault Agent
The Auditor's Role
Understanding Secured Targets
Understanding Firewall Policies
Planning the Protection Level for Your Databases
Understanding Audit Policies and Audit Data Collection
About Audit Policies and Audit Data Collection
Requirements for Collecting Audit Data from Secured Targets
Requirements for Oracle Database
Requirements for SQL Server, Sybase ASE, and IBM DB2 Databases
Configuring Alerts and Notifications
Generating Reports
Creating Users and Managing Access
Logging in to Audit Vault Server Console
Logging in to the Audit Vault Server Console
Understanding the Tabs in the Audit Vault Server Console UI
Working with Lists of Objects in the UI
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Managing Secured Targets
About Managing Secured Targets
Viewing and Changing Settings for a Secured Target
Viewing a List of Audit Trails
Viewing a List of Audit Trails for One Secured Target
Viewing a List of Audit Trails for All Your Secured Targets
Viewing a List of Enforcement Points
Viewing a List of Enforcement Points for One Database Secured Target
Viewing a List of Enforcement Points for All Your Secured Target Databases
Selecting a Firewall Policy
Viewing Audit Policy Settings for Oracle Databases
Retrieving User Entitlement Data for Oracle Database Secured Targets
Activating Stored Procedure Auditing
Setting a Data Retention (Archiving) Policy
Creating and Modifying Secured Target Groups
About Secured Target Groups
Creating and Modifying Secured Target Groups
Managing Compliance for Secured Target Databases
Setting Access Rights for Secured Targets and Groups
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Managing Access and Other Settings
Managing User Accounts and Access
About Oracle AVDF Auditor Accounts and Passwords
Creating Auditor Accounts in Oracle AVDF
Managing User Access to Secured Targets or Groups
About Managing User Access
Controlling Access by User
Controlling Access by Secured Target or Group
Changing a User Account Type in Oracle AVDF
Deleting an Auditor Account in Oracle AVDF
Changing Your Password
Creating Templates and Distribution Lists for Email Notifications
About Email Notifications and Templates
Creating or Modifying an Email Distribution List
Creating or Modifying an Email Template
Viewing Enforcement Point and Audit Trail Status
Viewing Enforcement Point Status
Viewing Audit Trail Status
Monitoring Jobs
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Creating Database Firewall Policies
Overview of Database Firewall Policies
About Firewall Policies
The Steps of Developing a Firewall Policy
Creating a Firewall Policy
Creating a New Firewall Policy
Copying a Firewall Policy
Editing a Firewall Policy
Understanding a Firewall Policy's Overview Page
Defining a Firewall Policy
About Defining the Policy
Defining Session Filters to Use in Profiles and Exceptions
Creating Exceptions
About Exceptions
Creating Exceptions
The Order of Applying Exceptions
Defining Policy Rules for Analyzed SQL
About Analyzed SQL
Defining Policy Rules for Analyzed SQL
Analyzing SQL Encrypted with Oracle Network Encryption
Creating Novelty Policies
About Novelty Policies
Creating Novelty Policies
The Order of Applying Novelty Policies
Novelty Policy Examples
Defining the Default Rule
About the Default Rule
Default Rule Settings in Relation to Other Policies
Defining the Default Rule
Blocking SQL and Creating Substitute Statements
Configuring Other Policy Settings
Creating Login and Logout Policies for Database Users
Masking Sensitive Data
Setting a Policy for Invalid SQL
Configuring Global Firewall Policy Settings
Using Profiles to Customize a Firewall Policy
About Profiles
Creating a Profile
Publishing and Deploying Firewall Policies
About Publishing and Using Firewall Policies
Publishing a Firewall Policy
Deploying Firewall Policies to Secured Targets
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Creating Audit Policies for Oracle Databases
About Audit Policies
General Steps for Creating Audit Policies for Oracle Databases
Retrieving and Modifying Audit Settings from an Oracle Database
Understanding the Columns on the Audit Settings Page
Retrieving Audit Settings from an Oracle Database
Specifying Which Audit Settings Are Needed
Creating Additional Audit Policy Settings for an Oracle Database
About Creating Audit Policy Settings
Creating Audit Policies for SQL Statements
About SQL Statement Auditing
Defining SQL Statement Audit Settings
Understanding the Statement Audit Settings Page
Creating Audit Policies for Schema Objects
About Schema Object Auditing
Defining Schema Object Audit Settings
Understanding the Object Audit Settings Page
Creating Audit Policies for Privileges
About Privilege Auditing
Defining Privilege Audit Settings
Understanding the Privilege Audit Settings Page
Creating Audit Policies for Fine-Grained Auditing (FGA)
About Fine-Grained Auditing
Defining Fine-Grained Audit Settings
Understanding the Fine-Grained Audit Settings Page
Creating Capture Rules for Redo Log File Auditing
About Capture Rules Redo Log File Auditing
Defining a Capture Rule for Redo Log File Auditing
Understanding the Capture Rule Settings Page
Provisioning Audit Policies to an Oracle Database
Exporting Audit Settings to a SQL Script
Provisioning the Audit Settings from the Audit Vault Server
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Generating Reports
About the Reports in Audit Vault and Database Firewall
Related Event Data Appendices
Browsing the Built-In Reports
Downloading a Report in HTML or CSV Format
Customizing the Built-in Reports
About Customizing Built-in Reports
Filtering and Controlling the Display of Data in a Report
About Filtering and Display Settings in Reports
Filtering Data in a Report
Hiding or Showing Columns in a Report
Formatting Data in a Report
Resetting the Report Display Values to Their Default Settings
Saving your Customized Reports
Accessing Your Saved Custom Reports
Scheduling and Generating PDF or XLS Reports
About Scheduling and Creating PDF or XLS Reports
Creating a Report Schedule
Viewing or Modifying Report Schedules
Downloading Generated Reports in PDF or XLS Format
Notifying Users About Generated PDF or XML Reports
Annotating and Attesting Reports
Creating and Uploading Your Own Custom Reports
Audit Report Descriptions
About the Audit Reports
Activity Reports
About the Activity Reports
Activity Overview Report
Data Access Report
Data Modification Report
Data Modification Before-After Values
Database Schema Changes Report
All Activity Report
Failed Logins Report
User Login and Logout Report
Entitlements Changes Report
Audit Settings Changes Report
Secured Targets Startup/Shutdown Report
Alert Reports
Stored Procedure Auditing Reports
Compliance Report Descriptions
About the Compliance Reports
Associating Secured Targets with Compliance Report Categories
Reports Included in Each Compliance Report Category
Specialized Database Firewall Report Descriptions
About the Specialized Database Firewall Reports
Database Firewall Policy Reports
Database Firewall F5 Reports
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Managing Entitlements
Managing and Viewing Entitlement Data
Working With Entitlement Snapshots and Labels
About Entitlement Snapshots and Labels
Creating, Modifying, or Deleting Labels for Entitlement Snapshots
Assigning Labels to Entitlement Snapshots
Generating Entitlement Reports
About Viewing Entitlement Reports with Snapshots and Labels
Viewing Entitlement Reports by Snapshot or Label
Comparing Entitlement Data Using Snapshots or Labels
Entitlement Report Descriptions
About the Entitlement Reports
User Accounts Reports
User Privileges Reports
User Profiles Reports
Database Roles Reports
System Privileges Reports
Object Privileges Reports
Privileged Users Reports
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Creating Alerts
About Alerts
Creating and Configuring Alerts
Creating Alert Status Values
Creating or Modifying an Alert
Defining Alert Conditions
About Alert Conditions
Creating an Alert Condition
Forwarding Alerts to Syslog (AVDF 12.1.2)
Monitoring Alerts
Disabling, Enabling, or Deleting Alerts
Responding to an Alert
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Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall Database Schemas
About Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall Schemas
Metadata for Activity Reports
Data for Event Reports
Data for Alert Reports
Data for Entitlement Reports
Data for SPA Reports
Data for Database Firewall Reports
B
Audit Record Fields
C
Oracle Database Audit Events
About the Oracle Database Audit Events
Account Management Events
Application Management Events
Audit Command Events
Data Access Events
Database Vault Events
Database Vault Events in Oracle Database 11g
Database Vault Events in Oracle Database 12c
Exception Events
Invalid Record Events
Object Management Events
Peer Association Events
Role and Privilege Management Events
Service and Application Utilization Events
System Management Events
Unknown or Uncategorized Events
User Session Events
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Sybase ASE Audit Events
About the Sybase ASE Audit Events
Account Management Events
Application Management Events
Audit Command Events
Data Access Events
Exception Events
Invalid Record Events
Object Management Events
Peer Association Events
Role and Privilege Management Events
Service and Application Utilization Events
System Management Events
Unknown or Uncategorized Events
User Session Events
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Microsoft SQL Server SQL Trace Audit Events
About the Microsoft SQL Server Audit Events
Account Management Events
Application Management Events
Audit Command Events
Data Access Events
Exception Events
Invalid Record Events
Object Management Events
Peer Association Events
Role and Privilege Management Events
Service and Application Utilization Events
System Management Events
Unknown or Uncategorized Events
User Session Events
Target Type Values
List 1
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Microsoft SQL Server SQL Audit and Event Log Events
SQL Audit Events
Event Log Events
Target Type Values
List 1
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IBM DB2 Audit Events
About the IBM DB2 for LUW Audit Events
Account Management Events
Application Management Events
Audit Command Events
Data Access Events
Exception Events
Invalid Record Events
Object Management Events
Peer Association Events
Role and Privilege Management Events
Service and Application Utilization Events
System Management Events
Unknown or Uncategorized Events
User Session Events
Target Type Values
List 1
List 2
List 3
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MySQL Audit Events
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Solaris Operating System Audit Events
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Microsoft Windows Operating System Audit Events
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Linux Operating System Audit Events
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Oracle ACFS Audit Events
M
Active Directory Audit Events
About Active Directory Audit Events
Directory Service Audit Trail Events
Security Audit Trail Events
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