ConceptsEvidence Retention

Evidence Retention

Keeping compliance evidence for the required length of time, set by frameworks, regulations, or audit needs, so it remains available to demonstrate that controls operated over the relevant period, then disposing of it appropriately.

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Audit Trail

Records that capture who performed which actions and when, providing the accountability that lets defenders trace events back to a responsible identity. They are foundational to investigation and to proving what happened.

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