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Glossary

Audit trail

The recorded history of what happened, when and on whose authority.

Definition

A durable record of actions, inputs, outputs and approvals across the operating system, so any outcome can be reconstructed and attributed after the fact.

Related terms

  • Governed execution

    Work that runs automatically inside explicit rules, permissions and approvals.

  • Approval boundary

    The line between what intelligence may do alone and what a person must approve.

Put the vocabulary to work

An Architecture Assessment documents how these concepts apply to your systems, data and decision rights, and produces a blueprint, roadmap and quote.