Audit Log
Category: Infrastructure“AW-dit LOG”
A tamper-resistant record of who did what, when, and to which record — including actions taken by an AI.
Lesson #9: Securing AI Agents: Cybersecurity Essentials →The site sign-in sheet. Anyone can check who was on the property and when.
Your bank statement showing every charge with a date and merchant.
Every price change the estimating agent makes is logged with the old value, new value, and timestamp.
When a customer disputes a refund, the log shows whether a person or an agent approved it and on what basis.
Without an audit log you can't prove what an AI did, which makes both compliance and debugging impossible.
An audit log is the permanent record of who or what changed something, and when.
Pick a change an AI made this week and try to trace it. If you can't, you're missing an audit log.
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