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McAfee Database User Identifier

McAfee Database User Identifier

Trace end-user transactions from applications to the database for accountability and compliance

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Overview

McAfee Database User Identifier accurately identifies end-user activity when using pooled connections from the application to the database, making it possible to hold users accountable for their transactions and helping to bring organizations into compliance with regulations. With Database User Identifier, you can gain visibility into risks to sensitive data and gather actionable information to address these risks.

Dependable end-to-end user tracking — Database User Identifier is installed on JavaEE and .NET application servers as a separate container, where it injects the end-user information into the pooled database connection and associates every database session, SQL statement, and command with individual users.

Software-only solution, non-intrusive, and easy to deploy and maintain — As a software component, Database User Identifier is installed on the application servers and does not require any change to the underlying applications or database management system.

Actionable alerting on specific end-user activity — Information from Database User Identifier can be used by McAfee Database Activity Monitoring to create granular rules to specifically alert or block users based on application activity.

Features & Benefits

Capture the identity of individual users accessing the database

Identify every user action and name, including user details, the URL used, and the client IP address.

Deliver a superior level of accuracy in end-user identification

Get a reliable audit log by appending the application end-user credentials to every transaction hitting the database.

Speed deployment while minimizing overhead and simplifying compliance issues

Avoid development costs associated with changes to underlying applications or database management systems and provide a complete audit trail of user activity.

Gain compliance with regulations that deal with end-user access

Meet strict compliance regulations and standards such as PCI DSS, SOX, HIPAA, and SAS 70 that focus on controlling individual access to sensitive data.

System Requirements

These are minimum system requirements only. Actual requirements will vary depending on the nature of your environment.

Minimum system requirements

  • McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator 4.5
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 2 (SP2) or higher
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 with SP1 or higher
  • 2 GB RAM
  • 1 GB free disk space
  • Browser (for management console): Firefox 2.0 or later, or Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 or later

Supported databases for user identification

  • Oracle version 8.1.7 or later, running on Sun Solaris, IBM AIX, Linux, HP-UX, Microsoft Windows
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2000 or later on any supported Windows platform
  • Sybase ASE 12.5 on all supported platforms

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