Quick Reference for Common Tasks

Topics

• About this Quick Reference

• Secured Targets

• User Accounts and Access Rights

• Status and Job Monitoring

• Email Notifications

• Audit Policies (for Oracle Databases)

• Firewall Policies

• Reports

• Entitlements

• Alerts

About this Quick Reference

This chapter is intended for users familiar with Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall (AVDF), and who want to quickly locate step-by-step instructions for common tasks. If you are new to Oracle AVDF, we recommend you first read the introductory material to get an understanding of the system.

Secured Targets

"Viewing a List of Audit Trails"

"Viewing a List of Enforcement Points"

"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"

"Managing Compliance for Secured Target Databases"

"Setting Access Rights for Secured Targets and Groups"

User Accounts and Access Rights

"Creating Auditor Accounts"

"Managing User Access to Secured Targets or Groups"

"Changing a User Account Type"

"Deleting an Auditor Account"

"Changing the Auditor Password"

Email Notifications

"Creating or Modifying an Email Distribution List"

"Creating or Modifying an Email Template"

Status and Job Monitoring

"Viewing Enforcement Point Status"

"Viewing Audit Trail Status"

"Monitoring Jobs"

Audit Policies (for Oracle Databases)

Retrieving Existing Audit Policies from the Database

"Retrieving Audit Settings from Multiple Oracle Databases"

"Specifying Which Audit Settings Are Needed"

Creating New Audit Policies

"Creating Audit Policies for SQL Statements"

"Creating Audit Policies for Schema Objects"

"Creating Audit Policies for Privileges"

"Creating Audit Policies for Fine-Grained Auditing (FGA)"

"Creating Capture Rules for Redo Log File Auditing"

Provisioning Audit Policies to the Database

"Exporting Audit Settings to a SQL Script"

"Provisioning the Audit Settings from the Audit Vault Server"

Firewall Policies

Creating, Copying, and Editing Firewall Policies

"Creating a New Database Firewall Policy"

"Copying a Database Firewall Policy"

"Editing a Database Firewall Policy"

Defining a Firewall Policy

"Defining Session Filters to Use in Profiles and Exceptions"

"Creating an Exception"

"Defining Policy Rules for Analyzed SQL"

"Creating Novelty Policies"

Defining the Default Rule

"Blocking SQL and Creating Substitute Statements"

"Creating Login and Logout Policies for Database Users"

"Masking Data"

"Setting a Policy for Invalid SQL"

"Configuring Global Database Firewall Policy Settings"

Publishing and Deploying a Firewall Policy

"Publishing a Database Firewall Policy"

"Deploying Firewall Policies to Secured Targets"

Reports

"Browsing the Built-In Reports"

"Downloading a Report in HTML or CSV Format"

"Filtering and Controlling the Display of Data in a Report"

"Saving your Customized Reports"

"Accessing Your Saved Custom 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"

"Activity Reports"

"Compliance Reports"

"Specialized Reports"

Entitlements

"Creating, Modifying, or Deleting Labels for Entitlement Snapshots"

"Assigning Labels to Entitlement Snapshots"

"Viewing Entitlement Reports by Snapshot or Label"

"Comparing Entitlement Data Using Snapshots or Labels"

"Entitlement Report Descriptions"

Alerts

"Creating Custom Alert Status Values"

"Creating or Modifying an Alert"

"Writing Alert Conditions"

"Forwarding Alerts to Syslog"

"Monitoring Alerts"

"Disabling, Enabling, or Deleting Alerts"

"Responding to an Alert"