How can you track who accessed archived records?

Tracking access with audit logs

Auditability depends on maintaining comprehensive, tamper-evident logs that record who accessed, modified, or exported archived items. Logs should capture user identity, timestamp, action type, object identifiers, and request metadata.

Best practices for auditing:

• Enable and centralize logging for all archive access and administrative actions.
• Use immutable log storage or append-only write mechanisms.
• Correlate logs with authentication events and system alerts.
• Retain audit logs according to your retention policy and protect them from tampering.

Provide tools or dashboards to query audit trails for investigations and regular compliance checks. Regularly test log integrity and ensure the log retention window matches your legal and forensic needs.