Audit trail
CHRONOLOGICAL RECORD OF EVENTS OR TRANSACTIONS THAT PROVIDE DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE OF THE SEQUENCE OF ACTIVITIES THAT HAVE AFFECTED AT ANY TIME A SPECIFIC OPERATION, PROCEDURE, OR EVENT
Audit Trail; Audit log
An audit trail (also called audit log) is a security-relevant chronological record, set of records, and/or destination and source of records that provide documentary evidence of the sequence of activities that have affected at any time a specific operation, procedure, event, or device. Audit records typically result from activities such as financial transactions, scientific research and health care data transactions, or communications by individual people, systems, accounts, or other entities.