Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall

Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall (AVDF) is a comprehensive database defense and activity monitoring platform that protects mission-critical database engines from SQL injection cyber attacks, unauthorized privileged user activity, and compliance violations. Combining an inline database firewall with a centralized audit vault, AVDF monitors and evaluates SQL traffic in real time while consolidating audit trails from across the enterprise database fleet into a secure, tamper-proof repository.

The Database Firewall operates as a high-speed SQL proxy or network tap, utilizing patented SQL grammar analysis to categorize SQL statements based on intent, structure, and user context. Key capabilities include real-time SQL injection blocking, alert generation, connection termination, white-list and black-list policy enforcement, and non-intrusive Database Activity Monitoring (DAM). Concurrently, the Audit Vault collects and normalizes native database audit records, providing forensic search and pre-packaged compliance reporting for regulations such as SOX, PCI-DSS, and HIPAA. By analyzing SQL traffic before it executes on database engines, AVDF neutralizes external exploits and rogue internal queries without degrading production database throughput.

Oracle AVDF integrates natively with Oracle Database, Microsoft SQL Server, IBM DB2, SAP Sybase, MySQL, and enterprise SIEM platforms like Splunk and IBM QRadar. Common enterprise use cases include stopping zero-day SQL injection attacks against database backends, auditing database administrators (DBAs) for unauthorized schema modifications, meeting strict regulatory database compliance mandates, and centralizing security intelligence across heterogeneous database tiers. Oracle AVDF provides robust, real-time database defense and verified audit integrity.