An audit trail records each significant action in a system: what changed, the old and new values, who made the change and when. A good one is append-only and tamper-evident — entries cannot be quietly edited or removed.
Why it matters
- Accountability — every move, check-out, edit and disposal has a name against it.
- Investigations — the history of a missing asset shows who had it last and where it was seen.
- Compliance and financial audit — auditors rely on change history for assets and depreciation.
- Error recovery — you can see what a record looked like before a mistake.
Example entries
2026-06-03 09:14 · J. Mensah · Location: Store B → Lab 2 · AST-004217
2026-06-03 14:22 · Portal-04 · Read leaving Secure Store · AV-0091
2026-06-04 10:02 · A. Patel (Finance) · Disposal posted · loss $450 · AST-001190
In Asetavo
Asetavo keeps a tamper-evident, attributed history of status and location changes and sensitive actions; the movement history is not editable.