Audit Logs

Audit logs are records that provide a detailed account of activities and events related to a any change made inside an organisation. They ensure accountability, maintaining security, and facilitating compliance within the organisation. These logs can include a variety of data points, such as user activities, system changes, access events, and security incidents. They serve as a historical record that can be reviewed to track the actions of users and systems over time. For more information on what events are recorded with the Audit logs inside Cambrionix Connect please see the individual API manuals for more details. Your audit logs are available for 7 days. Changes to your log duration only affect new logs.

Key Purposes of Audit Logs

Security Monitoring	Help detect unauthorised access or suspicious activities by recording login attempts, access to sensitive data, and changes made by users
Compliance	Many industries are subject to regulations that require organisations to maintain audit logs for accountability and regulatory compliance.
Analysis	Help investigations into security breaches or incidents by providing a detailed time-line of events leading up to an incident.
Operational Oversight	Help organisations monitor and optimise system performance, user activities, and workflows by analysing usage patterns.
Accountability	Ensure that users are held accountable for their actions within a system, promoting responsible behaviour

You can navigate to the audit logs by selecting the organisation for the information you want to view. Once in the organisation page you can select 'View audit logs' Once you have navigated into the audit logs you will see the logs and the following information

User Identifier	The user who performed the action (username and user ID).
Action	The nature of the action taken (e.g., login, logout, data modification).
Resource	The specific resource that was accessed or modified
Timestamp	The date and time when an event occurred.
View	Click View to see more information on the specific log

This view can be filtered and sorted dependant on the users preference.

Settings

If you want to amend the different events you wish to capture in the audit logs you can click through to the settings and use the check boxes to select/ deselect the different information you wish to log.