Documentation - V-270507

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Oracle Database must off-load audit data to a separate log management facility; this must be continuous and in near-real-time for systems with a network connection to the storage facility, and weekly or more often for stand-alone systems.

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<VulnDiscussion>Information stored in one location is vulnerable to accidental or incidental deletion or alteration. Off-loading is a common process in information systems with limited audit storage capacity. The database management system (DBMS) may write audit records to database tables, files in the file system, other kinds of local repositories, or a centralized log management system. Whatever the method used, it must be compatible with off-loading the records to the centralized system.</...

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Configure the DBMS or deploy and configure software tools to transfer audit records to a centralized log management system, continuously and in near-real-time where a continuous network connection to the log management system exists, or at least weekly in the absence of such a connection. Consider deploying the Oracle Audit Vault, which is Oracle's centralized audit log management system. Oracle Audit Vault is a powerful enterprise-wide audit solution that provides centralized location and configuration of audit information that is captured in audit records which are generated by all databases including Oracle, or other databases (SQL Server, MySQL, etc.), and various components of the DBMS, as well as, operating systems, file systems, directory services, or custom audit data in either da...