Audit trail
An audit trail or audit log is a chronological sequence of audit records, each of which contains evidence directly pertaining to and resulting from the execution of a business process or system function. Audit records typically result from activities such as
transactions or
communications by individual people, systems, accounts or other entities.Webopedia defines an audit trail as "a record showing who has accessed a computer system and what operations he or she has performed during a given period of time." (
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audit trail
1. A
record of both completed and attempted accesses and service. 2.
Data in the form of a logical
path linking a
sequence of events, used to trace the transactions that have affected the contents of a record. 3. [In INFOSEC, a] chronological record of
system activities to enable the reconstruction and examination of the sequence of events and/or changes in an
event. Note:
Audit trail may apply to
information in an AIS, or to the
transfer of
COMSEC material. [
NIS]
Audit trail
Resolves the validity of an accounting entry by a step-by-step record by which accounting data can be traced to their source.
Audit Trail
The evidence of actions (whether automated or manual) performed upon data from original documents to final disposition. The existence of a reliable, easy-to-follow audit trail is considered one indication of good internal control in an organization.
audit trail
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