One of the major drivers behind auditing is compliance. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act in the U.S. requires that healthcare providers deliver audit trails about anyone and everyone who touches any data in their records. The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation has similar requirements. In addition, there are many internal rules and regulations mandated by companies themselves. Besides compliance, other reasons for auditing include monitoring and analyzing database activities for malicious and abnormal activities, developing threat detection with real-time monitoring, and integration with SIEM (security information and event management) solutions for analysis.
