06 March 2017

Data Management: Audit Trail (Definitions)

"Audit records stored in the sybsecurity database." (Karen Paulsell et al, "Sybase SQL Server: Performance and Tuning Guide", 1996)

"A record of what happened to data from its inception to its current state. Audit trails help verify the integrity of data." (Microsoft Corporation, "Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 Data Warehouse Training Kit", 2000)

"Data maintained to trace activity, such as a transaction log, for purposes of recovery or audit." (Craig S Mullins, "Database Administration", 2012)

"A chronological record of activities on information resources that enables the reconstruction and examination of sequences of activities on those information resources for later review." (Mark Rhodes-Ousley, "Information Security: The Complete Reference, Second Edition" 2nd Ed., 2013)

"A trace of a sequence of events in a clerical or computer system. This audit usually identifies the creation or modification of any element in the system, who did it, and (possibly) why it was done." (Marcia Kaufman et al, "Big Data For Dummies", 2013)

"A chronological record of events or transactions. An audit trail is used for examining or reconstructing a sequence of events or transactions, managing security, and recovering lost transactions." (Sybase, "Open Server Server-Library/C Reference Manual", 2019)

 "A path by which the original input to a process (e.g. data) can be traced back through the process, taking the process output as a starting point. This facilitates result checking and allows a process audit to be carried out [after TMap]." (Software Quality Assurance)

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