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Audit trail

Resolves the validity of an accounting entry by a step-by-step record by which accounting data can be traced to their source.

Audit Trail

A record of the transactions in a trade from the beginning to the end. The SEC and the NYSE use the audit trail when investigating irregularities and potential trading violations.

audit trail

A record of business transactions that can be used by an interested party to trace an organization's activities to original documents. Audit trails are used to verify account balances.

audit trail

a trail of primary documents such as INVOICES, and LEDGER entries, for example sales ledger records, which are used to identify how ACCOUNTING records have been kept. By selecting a sample of primary documents and ledger entries an AUDITOR can check the completeness and accuracy of a firm's accounting system.

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For three elections it refused to issue receipts to comprise the voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT).

Compel Comelec to obey election law, SC asked

In diverse settings like data centers, healthcare facilities, and remote telecom equipment sites, the demand for stricter physical security that can be managed with a full audit trail is growing.

Bluetooth Solutions for Wireless Credential Management and Audit Trail: An efficient compromise between simplified access control and stricter physical security through means of wireless control

Personnel who create, modify, or delete electronic records should not be able to modify the audit trails.

The audit trail advantage: why one of FDA's most misunderstood rules can help ensure data integrity and compliance, and help in root cause analysis

Item 7: Annex 11 refers to keeping the audit trails for as long as required by the predicate rule requirements for record retention, but there is no explicit statement in Annex 11.

Comparison of FDA and EU regulations for audit trails: key aspects that ensure data integrity in computerized systems

Administrators also need a full audit trail, including the ability to run reports on the timing of message delivery and how quickly receipts were returned from each user.

Healthcare's new magic wand: mobile communication is driving innovation and improved care

Electronic access solutions can provide an indisputable access audit trail for all doors and cabinets that are secured electronically.

securing MedTech that's in the public eye: as more healthcare technology moves out of secured hospital areas and into open public spaces, medical device designers need to incorporate more sophisticated access control technology into the devices they are developing. Electronic access solutions can offer the security needed

The detail and authenticity of the audit trail produced is just as important as the operational systems' performance.

Compliance and data access tracking

To ensure each transaction and process remains in optimal condition, adding audit trails within keeps these types of records available to key personnel.

To-Increase Reveals How Microsoft Dynamics Audit Trails Help Boost Operational Efficiency for Industrial Equipment Manufacturing

Basic, daily accounting is taught under the Quickbooks 2006 program's umbrella in chapters which show how to track audit trails, run reports, and improve company data output and therefore performance.

O'Reilly

In order to address this issue, it is more critical than ever for companies to ensure they have a comprehensive security policy that addresses securing physical connection, audit trails and policy based access decisions.

Portwise 4.0

Also, a new inter-company detail module offers enhanced process control and automation, improved audit trails and document links, and a new compliance management dashboard.

BPM software

Audit Trails sets up custom auditing through an Audit Log Configuration Setup window.