Make the audit trail component
independent
Moves audit trail implementation away
from applications
Not compromising security to the
application developers and
reduces complexity of applications (
Transparency for the app developer )
Audit based on application
transactions ( “actions” ) rather than database operations
Provides consistency of Audit Trail
for the entire system in terms of
Audit Trail Format
Access to Audit Trail
Audit Trail Policy Format
Database components need not be
concerned about Audit Trailing resulting ease of design of data schemas