Glossary
What is an Automation Audit Trail?
An automation audit trail is the chronological record teams use to understand what changed in a workflow, when it changed, who reviewed it, and which security-relevant events occurred around that work.
What an audit trail must capture
- Workflow changes - Version-to-version evidence that a workflow was revalidated or updated.
- Review and approval events - Who reviewed the change, what their role was, and when they advanced review state.
- Deployment events - Release-system evidence that shows when a workflow reached production.
- Access events - Operational logs from the surrounding platform for teams that need access visibility.
- Security events - Failed authentication attempts, role changes, and org membership changes.
How Flowcerta addresses this
Flowcerta records validation history and, on Pro and Enterprise, shows a security timeline for platform events such as invites, MFA denials, org switch denials, and API-key failures. Teams that need full deployment or access logs still pair it with their orchestrator, identity provider, and SIEM.
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