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audit trail Finance Definition

  1. The papers that validate accounting records. The audit trail shows how financial numbers and conclusions were developed.
  2. The record of trading information that identifies the brokers participating in each transaction, the firms clearing the trade and its terms, the customers involved, and the time the transaction occurred.

Audit Trail Hacker Definition

An auditing subsystem within an enterprise that monitors actions and keeps a record of every user logging in to the system.

See Also: Logging In.