Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall 20
Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall provides a comprehensive Database Activity Monitoring (DAM) solution that combines database audit logs with SQL traffic capture. It monitors Oracle and non-Oracle database traffic to detect and block threats and it improves compliance reporting by consolidating audit data from databases, operating systems, directories, and other sources.
Upgrade to Oracle AVDF 20 if you haven't already. Premier support for release 12.2 ended in March 2021, as specified in the Oracle Lifetime Support Policy Guide. See Oracle AVDF 20 Upgrade Documentation for complete information.
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Learn About Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall
Learn how Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall can help you protect the security of your Oracle and non-Oracle databases by detecting and blocking threats and improving compliance reporting.

Installing, Patching, Upgrading, and Deploying
Learn how to install, patch, and upgrade Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall 20. This includes Audit Vault Agent, Database Firewall, and Audit Vault Server.
- Prerequisites and requirements
- Downloading Oracle AVDF from Oracle Software Delivery Cloud
- Installing Oracle AVDF
- Downloading Upgrades or Patches from My Oracle Support
- Applying Release Update (RU) Patches
- Upgrading Oracle AVDF
- Configuring Audit Vault Server
- Getting Started Cookbook for beginners
- Deploying Agent and registering hosts
- Deploying Database Firewall

Audit Collection and Monitoring
Learn how to register a target for audit collection, set up an audit trail to collect audit records, and configure the Database Firewall to monitor SQL traffic to the target.

Policies, Alerts, and Reports
Learn how to create audit policies, create Database Firewall policies, configure audit data retention policies, set up alerts, and view audit and alert reports.

Other Tasks
Learn how to deploy Oracle AVDF in a hybrid cloud, configure high availability, use the Host Monitor Agent, and integrate Microsoft Active Directory or OpenLDAP.