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Version: 6.2

Database Observability: Access Audit

The Database Observability: Access Audit dashboard is used to analyze access to PostgreSQL objects and changes to schemas, roles, and access permissions.

Who it is for: database administrators, information security specialists, and auditors.

Data source: db_audit*.

Main Sections​

1. Audit Summary​

Shows key audit metrics:

  • total number of events and DDL operations
  • access to sensitive data and privileged operations
  • number of unrecognized records
  • event trends by class

Audit summary

2. Objects and Operations​

Shows the relationship between database objects and the operations performed on them.

Audited objects and operations

3. Events and Session Actions​

Shows audit events. Selecting an event opens the sequence of actions in the corresponding session.

Events and session actions

4. Operation Frequency and Coverage​

Shows the most frequent operations and objects for which object auditing is enabled but no events were recorded during the selected period.

Operation frequency and audit coverage