Archiving and Retrieving Audit Data

Learn about archiving and retrieving audit data of Oracle Oracle Database Security Central on OCI.

Archiving and retrieving audit data is similar to the on-premises deployment. Use OCI File Storage when specifying the archive locations.

To comply with corporate guidelines, all enterprises have data retention policies for audit and network event data. Retention policies define how long the collected data is kept online (so it is visible in reports) and for how long it is to be kept in archive. Using Oracle Oracle Database Security Central, you can set the data retention policies for every target. Data is visible in reports during the online period. For archiving, Oracle Oracle Database Security Central supports both manual and automatic modes. When manual archiving mode is enabled, as soon as the online period expires, data is made offline, but stays on Audit Vault Server. It has to be moved manually to a remote location. If the mode is set to automatic archiving, data is automatically moved to an NFS configured location, after the online period expires. Oracle Oracle Database Security Central allows switching between manual and automatic archiving modes. For Audit Vault Server deployed in OCI, use OCI File Storage for configuring NFS locations.