nDefinition of Audit Trail
An audit trail is a series of records of computer
events, about an operating
system, an application, or user activities.
nPurpose of Audit Trail
uIndividual
Accountability: track individual actions to facilitate audit.
uReconstructing
Events: reconstruct events as and when required.
uProblem
Monitoring: online tools to help monitor problems
uIntrusion
Detection: identifying attempts to penetrate a system and gain unauthorized access.
Audit Trails on
Distributed Databases
