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MySQL database auditing
with EventLog Analyzer

       

Auditing database activities is an important part of strengthening database security. This involves identifying vulnerabilities, such as default or weak login credentials, excessive user and group privileges, and unpatched databases. Attackers exploit such vulnerabilities to achieve their own goals, like privilege escalation, SQL injection, and DoS attacks. As a result, there is an increased need to audit important database activities for security and compliance reasons.

EventLog Analyzer provides a comprehensive MySQL database auditing solution that helps IT administrators implement better protection methods, detect suspicious activity early, and trigger appropriate responses.

         

Other features offered by EventLog Analyzer

  • Microsoft SQL Server monitoring

    With EventLog Analyzer, you can securely collect and audit logs from your Microsoft SQL servers to detect security threats, prevent unauthorized access to confidential information, and comply with various data privacy regulations effortlessly.

  • Oracle Database auditing

    Protect your Oracle Database servers from internal and external security threats by auditing their logs using EventLog Analyzer. Monitor database server changes, unauthorized user activities, unauthorized access to sensitive data, SQL injection, and DoS attack attempts.

  • Apache server log analysis

    Collect, parse, and analyze Apache web server logs efficiently with EventLog Analyzer. Enhance your network security with in-depth analytical reports and receive alerts immediately via email or SMS when a security threat is detected on your Apache server.

  • IIS server log monitoring

    Mitigate security threats with EventLog Analyzer's comprehensive, graphical reports that provide in-depth information on user logins, error events, potential security attacks, unauthorized file operations, and more occurring on your IIS web servers and FTP servers.

  • Network device monitoring

    Monitor security events on your perimeter network devices, such as routers, switches, firewalls, and IDS/IPS tools, using EventLog Analyzer. Secure your organization's network against security threats with real-time alerts and automated response workflows.

 
reasons to choose EventLog Analyzer
for MySQL
database auditing
1

Monitor database activity

EventLog Analyzer raises alerts and executes response actions in real time when critical activities, such as changes to access permissions and confidential data, occur on your MySQL database servers.

2

Detect attack patterns

EventLog Analyzer has over 30 predefined correlation rules for correlating and detecting attack patterns in logs from multiple devices across your organization's network.

3

Search and analyze raw MySQL logs

EventLog Analyzer's powerful log search engine helps you search through thousands of raw MySQL log files to detect and mitigate security threats. It also performs forensic analysis on logs to find the root causes of security breaches.

4

Manage incidents

Assign tickets to security administrators and efficiently respond to security incidents on your MySQL server using EventLog Analyzer's incident management system.

5

Comply with data privacy regulations

Fulfill the requirements of various data privacy regulations, such as the GDPR, HIPAA, the GLBA, the PDPA, and the CCPA, using EventLog Analyzer's audit-ready compliance reports.

Frequently asked questions

What are the types of MySQL logs?

MySQL log files are a security administrator's best friend. Whether it is an unintentional error, a security breach, or a system crash, logs can provide answers. MySQL has several log types that provide insights into different occurrences on the MySQL server. The error log and the query log are the most important ones that should be added to your monitoring list.

  • MySQL error log: The error log contains a record of all the issues encountered during the MySQL server's startup, run, and shutdown times. Analyzing these server events can help you identify the causes of slowdowns, crashes, or other unusual behavior in MySQL.
  • MySQL query log: The general query log contains information on the general occurrences on the MySQL server, such as when clients connect or disconnect, and records the SQL statements received from clients. This information is useful when you are trying to see what a suspicious client is sending to the server.

Manually examining these logs is time-consuming. EventLog Analyzer provides you with a reliable database monitoring system that simplifies your database management and auditing.

Why do you need to audit your MySQL database?

The major reason to continuously audit your MySQL database is to detect security threats in their early stages. Further, compliance regulations like HIPAA, SOX, and the PCI DSS require organizations to track access to sensitive information. Regulations such as the GDPR require organizations to report data breaches to authorities within a specific time frame.

To meet these compliance demands, an audit trail is crucial. Auditing user access to critical data speeds up the incident detection and incident response processes. Continuous auditing also allows organizations to identify the causes of their security and data integrity issues and to find ways to fix them.

How can EventLog Analyzer help you audit your MySQL database?

In addition to collecting, parsing, and analyzing your MySQL database logs, EventLog Analyzer provides intuitive graphical dashboards and reports that provide details about the security events occurring in your MySQL database. You can easily investigate various events, such as login and logout events, server events, database access attempts, and changes to database schema.

Ratings and reviews

Recognized and loved globally
 
4.7/5

Amazing event monitoring software
The best part of ManageEngine EventLog Analyzer is that the interface is very intuitive and quick to grasp.

Administrator Information technology and services
 
4.7/5

Great for centralizing all your windows machines. You can flag certain events to trigger different actions of your choosing.

Joseph L IT manager
 
4.7/5

EventLog Analyzer is able of monitor file integrity, analyze log data, track privileged users and examine data logs. The software is secure as it uses latest encryption technologies.

Sophie S eAfrica Solutions, administrator
 
4.8/5

I am very happy with my experience of using the EventLog Analyzer as after the very installation, it alerted my team about potential threats that were near to attack the servers. Also, It has reduced manual work on my business applications, hence, saving a lot of time and effort in the safeguarding process.

Knowledge specialist Communications industry
 
4.6/5

Great log management suite. I loved how easy this software was to configure. I had all my logs pointed to it and flowing nicely in no time at all. It makes it very easy to look at your data and get a grasp of what is happening on your network.

Anonymous
 
4.7/5

Great for centralizing all your windows machines. You can flag certain events to trigger different actions of your choosing.

Joseph L IT manager

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