Glossary of Compliance
Compliance Glossary
Our list of curated compliance glossary offers everything you to know about compliance in one place.
Audit Log/ Audit Trail
An audit log is an essential record of system activities that records the chronological sequence from the initiation to the completion of a transaction. It should be precise enough to provide all the information necessary for troubleshooting and understanding how events transpired.
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