Database Audit Services

Data is at the core of every business decision, but only if it’s secure, accessible, and well-managed. Without a clear view into how your data is stored, structured, and protected, critical opportunities can be missed. That’s why a database audit is essential. It helps ensure your systems support rapid data access, robust security, and compliance with industry standards. At RDB Consulting, we deliver fast and effective database audit services that uncover hidden risks, improve performance, and ensure your data works for your business, not against it.

Our Database Audit Services

Physical Database Set-up

A stable database begins with a solid foundation. We assess the physical environment of your database, including hardware resource allocation, storage architecture, and server deployment. Our database audit ensures the physical layer is optimised for reliability, scalability, and long-term performance.

Logical Database Set-up

IT professionals conducting a database audit, reviewing system performance and data security reports on laptops.

Your data’s logical structure directly impacts accessibility and reporting. We review schemas, indexing strategies, constraints, and relationships to ensure data is logically organised and aligned with your business processes. This step helps identify inconsistencies that could hinder performance or lead to data mismanagement.

Server Set-up and Performance

A well-configured server is critical to database efficiency. Our audit includes a full performance review of your database server setup, covering memory usage, CPU load, disk I/O, and configuration settings. We identify bottlenecks and provide recommendations to enhance stability and speed.

Database Backup and Recoverability

Backup procedures are only effective if they support reliable recovery. We analyse your current backup strategies, retention policies, and test recovery protocols to ensure your data is protected in the event of failure or breach. Our audit focuses on reducing downtime and strengthening business continuity.

Database Management Facilitation

Efficient management practices reduce risk and resource strain. We evaluate how your database is currently maintained, looking at patch management, job scheduling, and monitoring systems. This helps ensure your team or managed provider can oversee operations with confidence and control.

Database Security

Security is non-negotiable in today’s data-driven environment. Our database audit assesses user access controls, authentication mechanisms, encryption policies, and logging to identify vulnerabilities and ensure compliance with data protection regulations like POPIA and GDPR.

Segment Status and Condition Style

Over time, poor segment management can degrade performance. We assess segment usage, fragmentation, and storage trends to detect inefficiencies that affect your database’s responsiveness and capacity planning. Proactive tuning recommendations are provided to maintain system health.

HA and DR Implementations

High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) are vital for operational resilience. We examine how your environment handles failover, redundancy, and data replication. Our audit verifies that your HA and DR strategies are tested, current, and aligned with your recovery objectives (RTO/RPO).

Database Assessment Audit FAQs

Audit logs are essential for tracking changes, monitoring database activities, and identifying potential risks. They help ensure sensitive data remains secure and offer clear visibility into who accessed what, supporting compliance and best practices for database environments.

Database administrators (DBAs) are central to ensuring system performance, managing database systems, and implementing monitoring in place. Our audit works closely with DBAs to assess operational efficiency and uncover any anomalies or disruptions that may impact business continuity.

Our team of database specialists and analysts uses proven methodology to identify potential vulnerabilities by examining user accounts, integration points, and access patterns. We look for unauthorised access attempts and gaps in the protection of valuable data or sensitive information.

Absolutely. A professional database audit provides insights into bottlenecks, system inefficiencies, and untapped areas. This not only supports smoother consultations and system planning but also opens up opportunities for innovation and strategic growth through uninterrupted, seamless data operations.

By ensuring data accuracy, uptime, and security, a database audit helps you deliver a more reliable and timely service to your customers. This supports a truly customer-centric approach, where every decision is backed by trusted data and uninterrupted access to critical systems.

Strengthen Your Data Strategy with the Right Technology and Insight

A database audit isn’t just about ticking boxes; it’s about knowing your systems are working as they should. RDB Consulting’s health assessments help you identify real issues, from security gaps to performance bottlenecks, and give you practical steps to fix them. Whether you’re trying to reduce downtime, prepare for compliance, or improve how your data is managed, our team delivers focused, reliable support that makes a measurable difference to your operations. Contact us to get started on your database audit today!

With RDB you are guaranteed of comprehensive DBA support for your most important systems and databases, without having to hire a fulltime DBA yourself.