Protected tables are those database tables used in the auditing process and whose manipulation is restricted to privileged users. There are two types of protected tables: audit data tables and audit policy tables. The table below lists the protected tables.

Table 1. Protected tables
Table name Table type
_aud-audit-data Data
_aud-audit-data-value Data
_client-session Data
_aud-event Policy
_aud-event-policy Policy
_aud-audit-policy Policy
_aud-file-policy Policy
_aud-field-policy Policy