Purpose
1. Automate the regular audits of data access and data changes in county government offices to ensure data integrity, support compliance, enable transparency, and proactively detect unauthorized access or risky modifications.
2. Enable automated detection, reporting, and response to suspicious access, streamlining administration and reducing audit fatigue by automating manual record reviews across all internal and external data sources.
3. Automates documentation and archiving of audit results, automating compliance checklists for state and federal regulatory requirements.
Trigger Conditions
1. Scheduled intervals (e.g., daily, weekly, monthly), automating reports at consistent periods.
2. On-demand initiation by administrators, automating manual audit launches.
3. Event-based triggers, such as after bulk uploads, significant policy updates, or when suspicious access patterns are detected, automating responsive audits.
Platform Variants
1. Microsoft Power Automate
- Feature/Setting: “Recurrence” trigger, use “Get Items” for data logs plus “Send an Email” to automate audit alerting.
2. Google Workspace (Apps Script)
- Feature/Setting: “Time-driven trigger,” automate access log parsing and send audit results via Gmail API.
3. AWS CloudTrail
- Feature/Setting: “Event history” with CloudWatch Events, automate log collection and alerts for access anomalies.
4. Azure Logic Apps
- Feature/Setting: “Schedule” and “Get Logs” from Azure Monitor, automate audit reports and IT notifications.
5. Splunk
- Feature/Setting: “Scheduled Search” and “Alert Action,” automate anomaly detection and reporting for access logs.
6. ServiceNow
- Feature/Setting: “Flow Designer” plus “Audit API,” automate audit log extraction and compliance validation.
7. Okta
- Feature/Setting: “System Log API” with automated scheduled pulls, automate access review workflows.
8. Salesforce
- Feature/Setting: “Event Monitoring,” automate audit trail extraction with scheduled jobs.
9. Smartsheet
- Feature/Setting: “Data Shuttle” and “Workflow Automation,” automate change log reviews.
10. MongoDB Atlas
- Feature/Setting: “Alert Triggers” and “Audit Log Export API,” automate reporting on read/write activity.
11. Jira
- Feature/Setting: “Automation for Jira” plus “Audit Log” access, automate regular extract and review notification.
12. Asana
- Feature/Setting: “Rules” automation plus “Audit API,” automate change tracking export.
13. Trello
- Feature/Setting: “Butler Automation,” automate audit action monitoring using scheduled commands.
14. Slack
- Feature/Setting: “Audit Logs API” with workflow automations to post findings into channels.
15. Box
- Feature/Setting: “Events API,” automate regular access and content change reporting.
16. Dropbox Business
- Feature/Setting: “Team Activity Log” API plus scheduled automation via Dropbox Business scripts.
17. Datadog
- Feature/Setting: “Log Processing Pipelines” with automated anomaly alerting for audit logs.
18. Netwrix Auditor
- Feature/Setting: “Automated Report Scheduling” for access and modification events.
19. IBM QRadar
- Feature/Setting: “Scheduled Reports” and “Log Source Management,” automate compliance audit reporting.
20. Elastic (ELK Stack)
- Feature/Setting: “Watcher” automation for scheduled detection and alerting on access log changes.
Benefits
1. Automated audit cycles increase consistency and reduce errors versus manual audit processes.
2. Automates compliance with regulations by documenting every audit and access event.
3. Automator setup reduces time and resources devoted to audit administration within county government.
4. Automating notifications of anomalies ensures prompt responses to access risks and policy violations.
5. Automatedly provides comprehensive, up-to-date audit trails and supports secure archiving for investigation or compliance.
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