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READ ARTICLEAudit Trail Is Not a Log File
Most software platforms claim to have an audit trail. What they usually mean is: there is a log somewhere that records when things happened. That is not the same as a full audit trail, and the difference matters significantly when you are facing an external audit or regulatory review.
What a Strong Audit Trail Captures
- Every state change in a workflow, with timestamp, actor identity, and the exact version of the document at that point in time.
- All communications — comments, clarification requests, rejection reasons — attached to the specific approval event.
- Delegation records: if an approver acted on behalf of another, that relationship is captured.
- Immutability: once written, no record can be changed or deleted, even by administrators.
The Regulatory Angle
For Nigerian enterprises operating under CBN guidelines, SEC regulations, or PENCOM requirements, the ability to produce a complete, unaltered record of approval decisions is not optional.
PlugIQ’s Immutable Log
Every approval event in PlugIQ is written to an immutable ledger at the point of action. The full audit trail is exportable as a PDF or CSV at any time — formatted for regulatory presentation.