What is Audit Log?
Turkish: Audit Log
An audit log records critical system actions with user, time, resource, and outcome details to leave an inspectable trail.
What is an Audit Log?
An audit log is a record of important system actions kept so they can be reviewed later. Ordinary application logs often focus on debugging; an audit log answers “who did what, when, from where, and with what result?”
How Does It Work?
An audit entry usually includes user identity, action type, affected resource, before-and-after values, IP address, timestamp, and result. Records should be tamper-resistant or changes to the records should themselves be tracked; otherwise the evidence value becomes weak after misuse.
Administrator actions, permission changes, financial-record updates, data exports, and login attempts are common audit candidates.
Business Use
Finance, healthcare, e-commerce, and enterprise SaaS products need audit logs for both security investigations and compliance. Logging describes general event recording; an audit log is the inspectable, business-critical subset of those records. Under rules such as GDPR, traceability of personal-data access becomes especially important.
Audit-log design should consider data minimization, retention periods, access permissions, and search performance together.
Related Terms
GDPR regulates personal data processing for people in the EU and EEA, defining transparency duties, individual rights, and controller obligations.
LoggingLogging is the practice of recording runtime events from applications and systems — critical for debugging and monitoring.