What is an audit log?

An audit log is a record of who did what and when: who logged in, who changed a setting, who exported a report, who closed an alert. A good audit log cannot be edited quietly afterwards, and it keeps entries long enough to be useful in an investigation. Auditors and regulators ask for audit logs because they show that controls are actually followed, not just written down. After an incident, the audit log is how you reconstruct events. NetSenX keeps an audit log of actions in your account on every plan, and adds a tamper-evident proof trail for alerts from the Starter plan.

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