Audit trail and tamper evidence

Elements

The pieces this function usually contains in a large organisation:

• Immutable change log
• Log export for auditors
• Evidence retention

Catalog items that already cover part of it

• Audit log tamper evidence SEC-0002
• Payment audit trail PAY-0039
• Audit trail for supply-network actions CONN?-0207
• Tamper-evident removal audit LEGAL-0026
• Removal audit verification and state cross-check LEGAL-0027

Classification

Status

Present in catalog

Fit

Core candidate

Suggested module

SEC: Security, Audit & Privacy

Suggested attributes

Lite and Pro; priority Standard; always offline. Starting points only.

Cluster

Finance, accounting and tax

Public excerpts

domain analysis

Archetypes and companies

Aerospace, defense and government contractors; Banks and credit unions; Casinos, gaming and integrated resorts; Health systems and hospitals; Big-box, warehouse club and mass merchants.

Example companies in these archetypes: Boeing, Lockheed Martin, RTX, General Dynamics, Northrop Grumman, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Citigroup, U.S. Bancorp, MGM Resorts, Caesars. These come from general knowledge unless a source code is shown on the archetype page; it is not a statement that each company runs every element, and it implies no relationship.

Closest industry pages

• Aerospace and defense
• Construction and engineering
• Professional and business services
• Banking, credit unions and cooperative banks
• Payments, remittance and money services
• Securities, asset management and diversified financials
• Savings groups, cooperatives and microfinance
• Casinos, gaming and resorts
• Hospitals and medical facilities
• Clinics, dental and private practices

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Status is a hand review against catalog names and descriptions and can be wrong. See the method.