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audit log

nounid 1570·updated Aug 28, 2026
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A chronological record of system activities, including records of system accesses and operations performed in a given period.

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Attested in

NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 - Protecting CUI in Nonfederal Systems9 citations · 9 defined by this document · observed 2026-09-01 under anchor/0.9/36451/2026-09-01
03.03.04.b ¶ 103.03.04.b ¶ 203.03.04.b ¶ 203.03.08.b ¶ 103.10.07.b03.10.07.e ¶ 103.10.07.e ¶ 13.2.2 ¶ 73.2.2 ¶ 10

Classifications

Entity Type

Artifact0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1

Sensitivity

Regulated85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Information Class

50%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Variants

synonym
audit/log record
alternatephrasing
Audit Log
plural
audit logs
possessive
audit log's
pluralpossessive
audit logs'

Framework definitions

NIST Cybersecurity Framework1 senseview framework →
§1
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, or event.
FFIEC Cybersecurity Assessment Tool, Baseline, May 20171 senseview framework →
§1
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, or event.
NERC CIP-007-6 (System Security Management) v61 senseview framework →
§1
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, or event.
NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 21 senseview framework →
§1
A chronological record of system activities. Includes records of system accesses and operations performed in a given period.
CNSSI-4009 (Glossary of Information Assurance Terms)1 senseview framework →
§1
A chronological record of system activities. Includes records of system accesses and operations performed in a given period.
Risk Management Framework for Information Systems and Organizations: A System Life Cycle Approach for Security and Privacy1 senseview framework →
§1
A chronological record of system activities, including records of system accesses and operations performed in a given period.
NIST SP 800-171r31 senseview framework →
§1 · glossary
A chronological record of system activities, including records of system accesses and operations performed in a given period.
Attribution from the CKI glossary mapping stage (glossary)
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
A chronological record of system activities. Includes records of system accesses and operations performed in a given period.
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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