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# Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall Reviews
**Vendor:** Oracle  
**Category:** [Database Security Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/database-security)  
**Average Rating:** 4.4/5.0  
**Total Reviews:** 25
## About Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall
Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall monitors Oracle and non-Oracle database traffic to detect and block threats, as well as improves compliance reporting by consolidating audit data from databases, operating systems, directories, and other sources.




## Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall Reviews
  ### 1. Amazing solution from Oracle for implementing auditing

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Akshay B. | Senior Technical Services Specialist, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** June 28, 2022

**What do you like best about Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall?**

With the help of Oracle database audit solutions we can implement various level of auditing policies at user and session level which helps for monitoring the activities that are carried out by user

**What do you dislike about Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall?**

In some of the scenarios while implementing the audit solutions it increases overhead on cpu utilization. By adding some new database level views we can improve the performance

**What problems is Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall solving and how is that benefiting you?**

It has helped us to monitor the user level activity at session and based on that information we can filter out the sessions

  ### 2. Safety tool for your database

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Gaurav G. | Student, Information Technology and Services, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** August 11, 2022

**What do you like best about Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall?**

Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall, as the name suggests, provides a great safety membrane that comes before your database and secures your personal and sensitive data.

**What do you dislike about Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall?**

While setting the firewall, you need to be skilled. The setup is not that easy for a newbie.

**What problems is Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Stored data security and secure exposure to users.

  ### 3. Oracle Audit Vault Database Firewall Review

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** July 26, 2022

**What do you like best about Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall?**

1) It satisfies and meets internal and external Audit requirements.
2) Good and clear reporting. 
3) Flexibility
4) Ease of integration, no primary problems.

**What do you dislike about Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall?**

1) Cost Issues with coverage to multiple targets.
2) As with any software company, their add-ons work best with their own software.

**What problems is Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall solving and how is that benefiting you?**

We developed a sales proposal with Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall for another organization's audit requirements. It provided the customer with the flexibility to audit multiple technologies.

  ### 4. Database Security

**Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** July 26, 2022

**What do you like best about Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall?**

It helps in database auditing as well as database firewall which is a unique feature to track the audit history as well as blocks the database Security threat like SQL injection attack

**What do you dislike about Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall?**

Oracle cloud competing with other products should be differentiated and create more awareness

**What problems is Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Hope it will help the business to control the entire database in secure manner as automatic DB monitoring is in place

  ### 5. Used for Monitoring Activities

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Anandb K. | Team Lead, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** July 27, 2022

**What do you like best about Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall?**

Easy to integrade, self secure,very good for tracking activities.

**What do you dislike about Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall?**

Sometime little slow also difficult to integrate with other ouside applications

**What problems is Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Auditing

  ### 6. There are more ways to protect your data

**Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** July 26, 2022

**What do you like best about Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall?**

The indexes, the possibility of doing on prem and cloud based deployment,

**What do you dislike about Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall?**

I think that there are options in the market that work better with unstructured data. Data management can also be simpler used cloud native solutions.

**What problems is Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Large databases with traditional databases: Oracle is still top notch in this space

  ### 7. OAV 

**Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** September 17, 2019

**What do you like best about Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall?**

The ability to isolate the view and who has the rights to view the audit logs is valuable to us. 

**What do you dislike about Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall?**

Audit vault collector issues or when the agent is not reachable issues.

**Recommendations to others considering Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall:**

It is very good user

**What problems is Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall solving and how is that benefiting you?**

for monitoring and audit purposed


## Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall Discussions
  - [What is the future of this technology?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-the-future-of-this-technology) - 1 upvote
  - [What is the future of this technology over other existing techs?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-the-future-of-this-technology-over-other-existing-techs) - 1 upvote

- [View Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/oracle-audit-vault-and-database-firewall/reviews?filters%5Bnps_score%5D%5B%5D=4&section=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-08-13+07%3A29%3A24+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=c99295bd-adcc-4911-918d-99bbfd1c49ab&secure%5Btoken%5D=6b8cea475ea465d10de2f03dd071f61ee0c0bcaa8a7b868d509cd80892570079&format=llm_user)

## Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall Features
**Administration**
- Supported Databases
- Data Management
- Logging and Reporting
- API / integrations

**Compliance**
- Access Management
- At-Risk Analysis
- DLP Configuration
- Sensitive Data Compliance

**Governance**
- Compliance
- Access Management
- Multi-Factor Authentication

**Administration**
- Database Management
- Deduplication 
- Backup
- API / integrations

**Protection**
- Database Activity Monitoring
- Firewall
- Data Masking
- Audits

**Security **
- Multi-Factor Authentication
- Data Transport
- Data Types
- Security Tools

## Top Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall Alternatives
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  - [IBM Vault (formerly HashiCorp Vault)](https://www.g2.com/products/ibm-vault-formerly-hashicorp-vault/reviews) - 4.3/5.0 (52 reviews)
  - [IBM Guardium Vulnerability Assessment](https://www.g2.com/products/ibm-guardium-vulnerability-assessment/reviews) - 4.5/5.0 (12 reviews)

