Compliance & Audit PreparationPurpose
1.2. Ensure that every file, database, or content access event is automatically logged, timestamped, attributed, and securely archived for full traceability.
1.3. Enable automated collection and centralization of logs from disparate platforms to simplify audit preparation, reduce manual entry errors, and deliver rapid insights into data access or modification events.
Trigger Conditions
2.2. File or object access, viewing, editing, or deletion.
2.3. Application or database query execution logged.
2.4. Administrative action such as permissions change or account creation.
2.5. Scheduled intervals (e.g., hourly, daily cron triggers) for activity log sync.
Platform Variants
• Feature/Setting: automated logging of management events; configure “Event history export” to S3, set up SNS for log delivery notifications.
3.2. Azure Monitor
• Feature/Setting: diagnostic settings to automate activity logs to Log Analytics or storage; configure activity log alerts.
3.3. Google Cloud Audit Logs
• Feature/Setting: enable Admin Activity and Data Access audit logs; set sink to automate export to BigQuery or Cloud Storage.
3.4. Microsoft 365 Compliance Center
• Feature/Setting: automate retention of user activity with “Audit log search” and “Advanced Audit” API.
3.5. Okta System Log
• Feature/Setting: use “System Log API” to fetch and automate export of all access events to a SIEM.
3.6. Splunk
• Feature/Setting: automate ingestion of user access data with “HTTP Event Collector” add-on.
3.7. ServiceNow
• Feature/Setting: automate documentation with “Audit API”; configure trigger for user record changes.
3.8. Salesforce
• Feature/Setting: “Event Monitoring API” for automated logging of access, downloads, login attempts.
3.9. Box
• Feature/Setting: automate use of the “Events API” to document user file interactions in real time.
3.10. Dropbox Business
• Feature/Setting: “Team Activity Log API” for automated audit event capture and export.
3.11. Slack
• Feature/Setting: “Audit Logs API”; trigger on user authentication or channel access events.
3.12. Jira
• Feature/Setting: automate pull from “Audit Log REST API” on changes to issues, permissions, or projects.
3.13. GitHub
• Feature/Setting: automate with “Audit Log API”; trigger on push, pull, and permission changes.
3.14. Atlassian Confluence
• Feature/Setting: “Audit Log REST API”; automate log extraction for user activity on pages and spaces.
3.15. Citrix ShareFile
• Feature/Setting: use “Audit Logs API” to automate monitoring and documentation of file actions.
3.16. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
• Feature/Setting: automate “Audit Service” setup with log exports and triggers on user/API events.
3.17. SAP SuccessFactors
• Feature/Setting: “Audit Log API” to automate extraction and archiving of user operations.
3.18. Workday
• Feature/Setting: automate activity log export through “Audit Events API.”
3.19. NetApp Cloud Insights
• Feature/Setting: set “Audit Log Automation” for all storage access and export logs automatically.
3.20. Zendesk
• Feature/Setting: “Audit Log API” to automatically document login, ticket access, and changes.
3.21. Dropbox Paper
• Feature/Setting: automate retrieval with “Paper API” of document access history.
3.22. IBM QRadar
• Feature/Setting: “Log Source Management API” to automate ingestion of user activity from cloud apps.
Benefits
4.2. Automates end-to-end audit trails, strengthening data integrity.
4.3. Rapid, automated access to records for internal or external auditors.
4.4. Reduces risk of omission or tampering by automatedly capturing every access event.
4.5. Speeds remediation and incident response via automated alerts and log storage.
4.6. Automating cross-platform data gathering ensures consistent documentation.
4.7. Enables audit automation at scale across multiple professional services environments.