Overview of Database Auditing for Oracle Database

ABSTRACT Databases the heart of the data center, contains company’s most confidential and organized information. Thus, they are main areas for today’s advanced threats. Company must secure their data, and manage their database. Mostly, data have to be regularly examined to be aware of threats and should be protected to prevent the loss of sensitive customer, financial and other commercial data. Database auditing is the process that monitors, captures and stores information about what is happening in the database. Thus, this paper focused on finding auditing records from different locations that DBMS keeps so that only relevant events are seized. Moreover, the evidences are produced in the form of W’s for investigator to present them in the court of law.