Auditing and Monitoring
Track database activity.
Why Audit the Database
Database auditing records who did what, when, and from where. It is essential for detecting misuse, investigating incidents, and proving compliance.
Access control prevents unauthorized actions; auditing tells you when controls were tested or bypassed.
What to Audit
Capture the events that matter for security and compliance:
- Logins and failed login attempts.
- Privilege and role changes (
GRANT,REVOKE). - Schema changes (
CREATE,ALTER,DROP). - Access to sensitive tables.
- Bulk exports of data.
All lessons in this course
- SQL Injection Defense
- Access Control and Encryption
- Auditing and Monitoring
- Backup and Recovery Security