DefinedTerm · AI
Audit trail
The record that allows a decision to be reconstructed after the fact: the inputs the system saw, the policy version applied, the output produced, and the human action taken. Its test is whether the reconstruction is possible two years later, not whether the events were logged.
Common causes
Logging the output without the inputs or the policy version produces a record that proves something happened and nothing about whether it was correct.
What good looks like
Immutable storage, retention matched to the institution’s obligation, and an export designed for an auditor rather than an analyst.
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