Audit Methods

Auditing takes many forms in today’s applications; this section explores popular ways and the benefits and drawbacks of each. It’ll discuss application server logs, application auditing, and trigger auditing, and then will conclude with Oracle’s standard auditing and fine-grained auditing.

Note that these auditing techniques aren’t mutually exclusive. They can and should, as necessary, be combined to build complementary layers of defense within the auditing realm. You will see that each possesses certain advantages and disadvantages. A composite of several auditing techniques will almost surely be the configuration you’ll need.