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Audit Trails

ALSO CALLED: Audit Trail
DEFINITION: In accounting, an audit trail is the sequence of paperwork that validates or invalidates accounting entries. In computing, the term is also used for an electronic or paper log used to trackcomputer activity. Forexample, a corporate employee might have access to a section of a network in acorporation  … 
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Beyond Logging: Address Security & Compliance with Audit Trails Linked to Active Directory - Featuring Gartner
sponsored by Centrify Corporation
WEBCAST: Watch this webcast and learn about best practices for cross-platform auditing. It also discusses why traditional logging methods are insufficient for meeting today's compliance regulations.
Posted: 07 Aug 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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Achieving SAS 70 Compliance Using Identity Aware Network Solutions
sponsored by Applied Identity
WEBCAST: In this webcast learn how identity-based security solutions can provide increased user accountability. It also discusses how this type of tool can help your company achieve compliance requirements.
Posted: 03 Jun 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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Increasing Network Visibility of User Activity with ID-Audit
sponsored by Applied Identity
WEBCAST: Watch this webcast and learn how identity-based security solutions can increase network visibility. Find out how to leverage the existing identity infrastructure to provide detailed, network-level access reports based on user identity.
Posted: 03 Jun 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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AUDIT TRAILS DEFINITION (continued): …  such as billing but be unauthorized to access all other sections. Ifthat employee attempts to access an unauthorized section by typing in passwords,this improper activity is recorded in the audit trail.

Audit trails are used to record customer activity ine-commerce. The customer's initial contact is recorded in an audit trail aswell as each subsequent action such as payment and delivery of the product orservice. The customer's audit trail is then used to respond properly to anyinquiries … 
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