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System Views Changing System Views Settings
FortiDB Version 3.2 Privilege Monitor User Guide
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System Views are predefined views, created by the various RDBMS vendors, for
viewing metadata objects and privileges without affecting the underlying system
tables or catalogs. In general, System Views refer to user-related
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objects.
You can invoke the System Views screen from the Set Policies -> System
Views menu. On the resulting screen, you may specify the following to start using
System Views:
System Views become available when you create your database connection.
You cannot modify
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System Views themselves; however, the following System
Views-specific settings are available to you in order to implement company-
specific monitoring requirements:
• Which Guarded Item(s) to enable or disable
• Guarded Item-specific Schedule
• Guarded Item-specific Receivers of violation notification via email
• Guarded Item-specific violation Severity
After configuring the necessary System View settings, Privilege Checking must
be activated in order to detect potential violations and issue alerts. See
Activating
Privilege Checking and Checking Status for more information.
Further information that is provided in the System Views screen:
• Item Status (is it Enabled, and therefore to be monitored).
• Guarded Item Description (the name of the item)
1. FortiDB-MA Privilege Monitor focuses on DDL statements involving users, while FortiDB-
MA Metadata Monitor focuses on DDL statements involving objects..
2. FortiDB-MA offers you a User-Defined Rule (UDR) feature by which you can
implement company specific security policies (See User-Defined Rules ).