Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall 12.1.2 New Features

Couple of months back,Oracle has released a new feature of AVDF which is 12.1.2. One of the main feature is that you can configure external iSCSI SAN server to store the audit data.

According to the Release Notes, the following features are available as of 12.1.2:

• Configure the Audit Vault Server to use an external iSCSI SAN server to store the audit event repository and system data
• The Audit Vault Agent is updated automatically when the Audit Vault Server is upgraded or a patch is applied
• Store archive data in a Network File Share (NFS) location
• Entitlement reports include data specific to Oracle Database 12c
• Database Vault is automatically enabled and configured in the Oracle Database embedded in the Audit Vault Server. This further strengthens security by restricting privileged access to the Oracle Database for all users including those with administrative access
• Password hashing has been upgraded to a more secure standard. Change your passwords after upgrade to take advantage of the more secure hash
• The Audit Vault Agent deployment procedure has been simplified. Registering a host in the Audit Vault Server automatically generates an Agent activation key, and therefore, the step requesting Agent activation is no longer required
• Adding and updating a secured target location has been simplified in the Audit Vault Server administrator console UI
• Define policy alerts to be forwarded to syslog
• Download diagnostics log files from the Audit Vault Server UI
• The Audit Vault Agent is supported on 32-bit Linux and Windows platforms
• Oracle Database 9i is supported for Database Firewall
• MySQL 5.6 is supported on the Database Firewall
• Migration Path to Migrate Oracle Audit Vault 10.3 to AVDF 12.1.2. See MOS Note1666742.1