Changes In This Document

This section lists the updates and correction to the document in Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall (AVDF) release 12.2.

Revision History

The following are the updates and correction in this document.

E49916-13 (September 2019)

• Updates and correction to Database Firewall deployment types. See Introduction to Oracle Database Firewall Deployment for complete information.

• Updates and correction to the entire document.

E49916-12 (June 2019)

Included information on Database Firewall deployment types:

• In-line (bridge)

• Proxy

• Out-of-Band

• Host Monitor

E49916-11 (October 2018)

• Minor update to section Introduction to Oracle Database Firewall Deployment.

• F5 BIG-IP ASM integration is deprecated in release 12.2.0.7.0, and will be desupported in 19.1.0.0.0. This functionality is only supported on F5 BIG-IP ASM version 10.2.1.

• Micro Focus Security ArcSight SIEM is deprecated in 12.2.0.8.0 and is desupported in 12.2.0.9.0. Use the syslog integration feature instead.

• See About Oracle Audit Vault Information Lifecycle Management.

• See the following sections regarding change in supported systems and components:

  • Integrating Oracle AVDF with F5 BIG-IP ASM

  • Integrating Syslog With a SIEM System

E49916-10 (June 2018)

• Added important information relating to Available Built-in Reports.

• Micro Focus Security ArcSight SIEM (previously known as HP ArcSight SIEM) is deprecated in 12.2.0.8.0, and will be desupported in 12.2.0.9.0. It is advisable to use the syslog integration feature instead. Updated section Integrating Syslog With a SIEM System.

• In-line bridge mode is deprecated in 12.2.0.8.0, and will be desupported in 19.1.0.0.0. It is advisable to use proxy mode as an alternative.

• See the following sections regarding change in supported systems and components:

  • Introduction to Oracle Database Firewall Deployment

  • Planning and Rolling Out the Database Firewall

  • Integrating Oracle AVDF with F5 BIG-IP ASM

  • Integrating Syslog With a SIEM System

• Added an important note on assigning roles to the source user for running the REDO collector with Database Vault. See section Available Built-in Reports for more information.

• Added important information regarding in-line bridge mode and proxy mode in section Introduction to Oracle Database Firewall Deployment.

E49916-09 (February 2018)

F5 is deprecated in release 12.2.0.7.0, and will be desupported in 19.1.0.0.0.

E49916-08 (December 2017)

Minor cosmetic changes to the document.

E49916-07 (August 2017)

• Included important instruction in Introduction to Oracle Audit Vault Agent Deployment.

• The Data Modification Before-After Values Report displays both before and after values in the main report. See Available Built-in Reports for complete information.

  • Filter on Column Name can be added in before and after values report.

  • Information Lifecycle Management is extended for before and after values data.

E49916-06 (June 2017)

Included important note. See How Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall Fits into the Oracle Security Architecture for more information.

E49916-05 (December 2016)

Introducing support for retrieval of data from multiple targets. Updated section Planning and Rolling Out the Audit Vault Server.