Audit trails (Computer science)
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found: Work cat.: Wespi, A. Intrusion detection using variable-length audit trail patterns, 1999:abstr. (Audit trail patterns generated on behalf of a UNIX process can be used to model its normal behavior ... Keywords: ... C2 audit trails)
found: TechWeb TechEncyclopedia, via WWW, Aug. 15, 2006(Audit trail; A record of transactions in an information system that provides verification of the activity of the system. The simplest audit trail is the transaction itself ... A more elaborate audit trail can be created when the system is being verified for accuracy ... An audit trail can include any activity whatsoever, but transactions that do not effect a change are often not recorded ... However, if queries and searches are monitored and recorded, they can be invaluable for tracking a malicious hacker or employee)
found: Webopedia, Aug. 15, 2006(Audit trail -- A record showing who has accessed a computer system and what operations he or she has performed during a given period of time. Audit trails are useful both for maintaining security and for recovering lost transactions)
found: Whatis.com, via WWW, Aug. 15, 2006(audit trail -- In accounting, an audit trail is the sequence of paperwork that validates or invalidates accounting entries. In computing, the term is also used for an electronic or paper log used to track computer activity)
notfound: Dictionary of computer science, engineering, and technology, 2001;FOLDOC, Aug. 15, 2006.
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2006-08-16: new
2006-12-05: revised
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