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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 such as billing but be unauthorized to access all other sections. Ifthat employee attempts to access … Definition continues below.
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Meet your Dodd-Frank recordkeeping compliance requirements sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company WHITE PAPER: The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (DFA) created financial regulartions in the response of financial crisis. These changes introduced a fundamental shift in the legal, regulatory, and policy landscape. Consult this resource to learn more about how to make it easier to comply with the changes and what systems you need. Posted: 24 Apr 2013 \| Published: 24 Apr 2013 TOPICS: Audit Trails \| Database Management \| Database Management Software \| Regulatory Compliance

Is It Time to Consider Automated Classification? Part One: A Better Approach Is Needed sponsored by OpenText WHITE PAPER: Traditional approaches to records management are becoming obsolete. Automated classification is not yet universally available, so how can you adopt this approach and help it develop? Consult this informative white paper to learn more about how a fresh look at auto classification can benefit your business. Posted: 20 Mar 2013 \| Published: 20 Mar 2013 TOPICS: Audit Trails \| Change Management \| Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) \| Metrics

Building a Business Case for Identity Management sponsored by SailPoint Technologies WHITE PAPER: Make a compelling case to your executives to get the resources you need for a complete IAM program. Posted: 19 Mar 2013 \| Published: 29 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Access Control \| Access Control Software \| Access Rights \| Audit Trails \| Authentication \| Authorization \| Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) \| Identity Management \| Password Management \| Passwords \| Risk Management \| ROI \| Security \| Security Audits \| Security Software \| Security Systems \| Security Threats

Identity and Access Management Buyer’s Guide sponsored by SailPoint Technologies WHITE PAPER: Assess your priorities and evaluate available identity management technology offerings with this 68-page workbook. Posted: 14 Mar 2013 \| Published: 30 Nov 2012 TOPICS: Access Control \| Access Control Software \| Access Rights \| Application Security \| Audit Trails \| Business Process Automation \| Cloud Security \| Compliance (Systems Operations) \| Compliance Audits \| Data Governance \| Data Loss Prevention (DLP) \| Data Security \| Firewall Management \| Identity Management \| Passwords \| Risk Assessment \| Risk Management \| Security \| Security Management \| Security Managers \| Security Policies \| Security Systems \| Software as a Service

IBM z/OS Mainframe Security and Audit Management Using the IBM Security zSecure Suite sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: Discover how the IBM Security zSecure suite contains the components you need to manage your mainframe, monitor for threats, audit usage and configurations, and enforce policies to ensure compliance. Posted: 08 Mar 2013 \| Published: 31 Aug 2011 TOPICS: Application Security \| Applications Management \| Audit Trails \| Auditing (Finance) \| Compliance (Finance) \| Compliance (Systems Operations) \| IT Governance \| IT Service Management \| ITIL \| Mainframe Operating Systems \| Mainframe Server Hardware \| Regulatory Compliance \| Risk Assessment \| Risk Management \| Security \| Security Audits \| Security Best Practices \| Security Management \| Security Managers \| Security Policies \| Security Software \| Security Standards \| Security Systems \| Vulnerability Assessments \| Vulnerability Management

Best Practices Guide for IT Governance & Compliance sponsored by Quest Software, now a part of Dell WHITE PAPER: Get help evaluating potential compliance solutions and implementing them within your organization for comprehensive data protection and compliance. Posted: 06 Mar 2013 \| Published: 13 Dec 2012 TOPICS: Audit Trails \| Auditing (Finance) \| Compliance (Finance) \| Compliance (Systems Operations) \| Data Collection \| Data Governance \| Data Security \| Encryption Standards \| Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) \| Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act \| HIPAA Compliance \| Log Management \| Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Compliance \| Regulations \| Regulatory Compliance \| Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance \| Security \| Security Best Practices \| Security Policies

Beyond Native Tools: Auditing SharePoint Across the Enterprise sponsored by Quest Software, now a part of Dell WHITE PAPER: This white paper offers useful tips on auditing SharePoint across the enterprise. Learn about a centralized monitoring and reporting structure that every organization should put into place before getting hit with a compliance audit. Posted: 04 Mar 2013 \| Published: 04 Mar 2013 TOPICS: Audit Trails \| Collaboration \| Collaborative Applications Software \| Compliance (Systems Operations) \| Compliance Audits \| Compliance Best Practices \| Compliance reporting software \| Compliance Software \| IT Auditing \| IT Best Practices \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management

Total Quality Assurance for Businesses with a Global Business Plan sponsored by IFS WHITE PAPER: Establishing a business that is competitive on a global spectrum can be challenging. View this white paper to learn more about how you can deploy a complete quality assurance package that provides the support your business needs. It outlines what you should be looking for in a source so you can be certain you've made the right selection. Posted: 18 Feb 2013 \| Published: 18 Feb 2013 TOPICS: Audit Trails \| Compliance (Systems Operations) \| Compliance Best Practices \| Compliance reporting software \| Quality Control

Four steps to automate compliance and minimize your risks sponsored by HP India WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to discover why automation is the key to protecting your enterprise from the excessive costs of pursing compliance as well as the consequences of failing to attain it. Posted: 13 Sep 2012 \| Published: 30 Jun 2012 TOPICS: Audit Trails \| Compliance (Finance) \| Compliance Audits \| Compliance Best Practices \| Compliance reporting software \| Compliance Software \| Regulatory Compliance

Five Tips to Get IT Auditors Off Your Back sponsored by Quest Software, now a part of Dell WHITE PAPER: In this Quest white paper, learn five key tips for handling auditors, and the best way to get them what they need while juggling your normal priorities. Posted: 02 Jul 2012 \| Published: 31 Dec 2010 TOPICS: Audit Trails \| Compliance (Systems Operations) \| Compliance Audits \| Compliance Best Practices \| Compliance Software \| Data Security \| Risk Management

Achieving compliance in digital investigations sponsored by Guidance Software, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Learn how a uniform investigation infrastructure enables appropriate digital investigative processes across industry regulations and frameworks, reduces risk and allows enterprise teams – HR, IT, and audit – to be as efficient as possible. Posted: 11 Apr 2012 \| Published: 01 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Audit Trails \| Compliance (Systems Operations) \| Compliance Software \| Fraud Protection \| Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) \| Legal Compliance Software \| Risk Assessment \| Risk Management

Anatomy of an Archiving Project White Paper sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: Companies worldwide are affirming the value of archiving as a best practice for managing data growth, completing faster application upgrades and much more. Inside this white paper, learn how archiving can help support data retention compliance initiatives and mitigate risk for audits and electronic discovery requests. Posted: 23 Aug 2011 \| Published: 23 Aug 2011 TOPICS: Audit Trails \| Compliance Audits \| Compliance Best Practices \| Data Recovery \| Data Storage \| Electronic Discovery \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Management

The Event Data Warehouse- Strategies for Improving Business Performance sponsored by Sensage, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Organizations are at risk if they do not plan to implement an enterprise-wide security and event data warehouse to make strategic decisions. This paper introduces Event Data Warehouse, a unique, cost effective and proven solution, that provides actionable results that enable better business decisions. Posted: 18 Jul 2011 \| Published: 18 Jul 2011 TOPICS: Audit Trails \| Data Management \| Data Warehouses \| Knowledge Management \| Security Audits \| Security Event Management \| Security Management

Why Business Rules?: A Case for Business Users of Information Technology sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper explains how business people are allowed to directly define how their business rules are being executed with a BRMS; and, perhaps more important, how it facilitates change in an easy, safe and reliable manner. Posted: 07 Jul 2011 \| Published: 01 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Audit Trails \| Business Process Automation \| Business Systems \| Change Management \| Decision Support Systems \| Information Technology End Users \| Policy-Based Network Management

Securities and capital markets sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: IBM®ILOG®’s business rule management system (BRMS) is widely used by leading investment banks, asset management and mutual fund firms to meet their compliance requirements while adding intelligent decisioning capabilities to applications and processes throughout the trading cycle, and business channels and systems. Posted: 07 Jul 2011 \| Published: 07 Jul 2011 TOPICS: Asset Management (Finance) \| Audit Trails \| Business Process Management \| Decision Support Systems \| Financial Systems \| Fraud Protection \| Portfolio Management (Finance) \| Real-time Analytical Software

8 Critical Requirements for Secure, Mobile File Sharing and Collaboration sponsored by Accellion, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This white paper will outline 8 critical requirements for securing your data while its being transferred from a mobile device. Posted: 15 Jun 2011 \| Published: 15 Jun 2011 TOPICS: Audit Trails \| Collaboration \| Data Encryption \| Data Security \| File Sharing Protocols \| Mobile Device Management \| Regulatory Compliance \| Smart Phones \| Tablet PC

Five Critical Rules for Firewall Management: Lessons from the Field sponsored by Dell SecureWorks WHITE PAPER: This white paper will teach you five things to consider when managing your firewall, and will present you with real life examples of how these five things have helped other organizations improve their firewall management. Posted: 09 Jun 2011 \| Published: 08 Jun 2011 TOPICS: Access Control \| Audit Trails \| Change Management \| Firewall Management \| IT Managers \| Network Security \| Security Best Practices \| Testing

Password Self Help – Password Reset for IBM i sponsored by Safestone Technologies WHITE PAPER: Check out this white paper to learn about a self help password application that can give you a high ROI and free up time to work on more business critical issues. Posted: 07 Jun 2011 \| Published: 07 Jun 2011 TOPICS: Audit Trails \| Best Practices \| Password Management \| Password Synchronization \| Reporting Software \| ROI \| Self-Service Applications Software \| User Experience

Scalability in Log Management sponsored by ArcSight, an HP Company WHITE PAPER: This paper will take you through the process of selecting a log management solution for your organization. It will provide you with information about log management, as well as the requirements you should be looking for in a log management solution. Posted: 17 May 2011 \| Published: 17 May 2011 TOPICS: Asset Management Services \| Audit Trails \| Capacity Planning \| Compliance reporting software \| Intrusion Detection \| Location-Based Services \| Log Management \| Scalability Testing \| Security Threats

Is your user management process getting you down? Improving efficiency and security through automation sponsored by NetIQ Europe WHITE PAPER: Access control is something that has hindered business for years. There can be a variety of different levels of access a user may posses at a company. Some users may need to access different programs than others, so they would require a different level of access. Posted: 04 May 2011 \| Published: 02 May 2011 TOPICS: Access Control \| Audit Trails \| Business Process Automation \| Change Management \| Compliance Audits \| Productivity \| Security Management \| User Needs Assessments

Distributed Data Capture: Reducing the Cost of Remote Business Processes sponsored by Kofax, Inc. WHITE PAPER: In today’s global economy, information exchange is vital. Competitive advantage goes to the companies that can share information and collaborate quickly and accurately in the most cost-effective manner. Read this white paper now to learn how to effectively lower the costs of your business's document capture process. Posted: 10 Mar 2011 \| Published: 10 Mar 2011 TOPICS: Audit Trails \| Auditing (Finance) \| Cost Benefit Analysis \| CRM \| Data Management \| Data Security \| Document Management \| Document Management Software \| Documentation

Top Ten Database Security Threats sponsored by Imperva WHITE PAPER: The enterprise database infrastructure is subject to an overwhelming range of threats. This document is intended to help organizations deal with the most critical of those threats by providing a list of the top ten as identified by Imperva’s Application Defense Center. Posted: 04 Feb 2011 \| Published: 04 Feb 2011 TOPICS: Access Control \| Audit Trails \| Authentication \| Compliance (Systems Operations) \| Database Security \| Regulatory Compliance \| Security Threats

Top-10 Guide for Protecting Sensitive Data from Malicious Insiders sponsored by Imperva WHITE PAPER: Insider threats, both careless and malicious, abound. This fact is amplified during difficult economic times. With a plethora of digitized information, and vehicles for turning credit card data, personally identifiable information and intellectual property into cash, goods, and other services, risks have increased. Posted: 04 Feb 2011 \| Published: 04 Feb 2011 TOPICS: Audit Trails \| Classification (Information Management) \| Crime \| Data Security \| Database Security \| Security Threats \| Web Application Security

Five Signs Your File Data is at Risk sponsored by Imperva WHITE PAPER: Persistent insider threats and regulatory compliance mandates make protecting sensitive file data a business requirement for virtually every organization. However, the sheer volume of file data and its rapid and continuous growth make it a challenge to secure properly. Posted: 04 Feb 2011 \| Published: 04 Feb 2011 TOPICS: Access Rights \| Audit Trails \| Data Security \| IT Departments \| Regulatory Compliance \| Risk Assessment \| Security Threats

The Case for Risk-Based, Business-Aligned Internal Audit sponsored by RSA, The Security Division of EMC WHITE PAPER: The world we operate in as business professionals is rapidly changing. Organizations are faced with the increasing complexities of global operations, the growing morass of regulatory demands, pressures to decrease cost and increase efficiency, and the prospect of dealing with a set of new and potentially catastrophic risks. Posted: 01 Dec 2010 \| Published: 01 Dec 2010 TOPICS: Access Rights \| Audit Trails \| Auditing (Finance) \| Compliance Audits \| Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) \| Risk Management

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AUDIT TRAILS DEFINITION (continued): … 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 or complaints. A company might also use an audit trail to provide abasis for account reconciliation, to provide a historical report to plan andsupport budgets, and to provide a record of sales in case of a tax …
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