Audit Trail

A complete, chronological record of all changes to financial data, documenting who made each change, when it was made, and what was modified.

Key Details

  • Essential for regulatory compliance, SOC 2 certification, and financial audits.
  • Must be immutable, once recorded, audit trail entries cannot be modified or deleted.
  • Enables forensic investigation of discrepancies, fraud detection, and dispute resolution.
  • Modern systems capture audit trails automatically at the transaction level, not just at period-end.

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