This informative white paper gives an overview of Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) 404 requirements for database activity auditing. It provides a detailed overview of key SOX challenges associated with Database Activity Auditing and recommends solutions for monitoring and creating audit reports for:

- Privileged user access activity
- Failed logins and other access failures
- Direct Data SQL Access events
- Database schema changes

Written for both database and IT auditing professionals, this white paper outlines a best-practices approach to implementing segregation of duties without diminishing the productivity of DBAs by unnecessarily restricting their access credentials. For more information on privileged user monitoring, please visit www.tizor.com