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audit trail
A method by which each person involved in a process is accountable for the task or tasks they performed. In computer systems, secure user IDs are the most common form of audit trail.
source: Champlain, Auditing Information Systems:2003
A chronological record showing who has accessed a computer system and what operations were performed during specific time periods. This typically includes file access, user login, and whether any actual or attempted security violations have occurred.
source: D. Schweitzer, 2003, Incident Response: Computer Forensics Toolkit
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