PCI DSS database auditing,
Requirement 10, satisfied.
Requirement 10 mandates audit trails tying every access to an individual user, with a year of history behind them. DB Audit ships the policies, PAN classification, and evidence reports on day one — without a logging project.
What PCI-DSS requires, and how DB Audit answers
Security standard for organizations handling credit card data. Required for all merchants and service providers that store, process, or transmit cardholder data.
| The mandate | How DB Audit satisfies it |
|---|---|
Requirement 10.1 Audit Trail Implementation MUST implement audit trails to link all access to system components to each individual user. | Every query is captured with the user identity and session context that links access to an individual — no reconstruction, no guesswork. |
Requirement 10.2 Automated Audit Trails MUST implement automated audit trails for all system components to reconstruct events. | Automated collection runs across 20+ database engines from one policy — no per-system scripting to build or maintain. |
Requirement 10.4 Time Synchronization All critical system clocks MUST be synchronized. Audit logs MUST have accurate timestamps. | Every event carries a synchronized, precise timestamp, so sequences reconstruct cleanly across systems. |
Requirement 10.7 Audit Trail Retention Audit trail history MUST be retained for at least one year, with minimum 3 months immediately available. | Configurable long-term retention keeps a year or more of history, with recent months immediately queryable. |
Built-in accelerators, no services engagement
Pre-built policies, reports, classifications, and alerts for PCI-DSS — installed with the platform, working on day one.
Cardholder Data Access Monitoring
Track all SELECT/UPDATE/DELETE on cardholder data tables
PCI Compliance Scorecard
Requirement 10 compliance evidence with gap analysis
PCI Data Patterns
Detect PANs, CVVs, expiration dates, cardholder names
Bulk Card Data Access
Alert on queries returning large volumes of card data
One platform, every database
Your regulated data rarely lives in one engine. DB Audit applies the same policy across 20+ database types — so the evidence looks the same everywhere.
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Compliance-grade auditing, without the legacy price
One line item, priced on the databases you monitor. Most teams pay about 90% less than they would for a legacy DAM platform — with the compliance content included, not sold as services.
Common questions, answered
Does DB Audit cover all of Requirement 10?
DB Audit maps to the audit-trail requirements in Requirement 10 — capture tied to individual users, automated collection, synchronized timestamps, and retention — and ships a PCI compliance scorecard that shows evidence and gaps per control.
How does the one-year retention requirement work?
Retention is policy-driven. PCI DSS requires at least one year of audit trail history with three months immediately available; DB Audit supports both out of the box, and longer periods if other mandates apply.
Can it find cardholder data automatically?
Yes. Built-in classification detects PANs, CVVs, expiration dates, and cardholder names across your databases, so monitoring policies attach to the right tables from the start.
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