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Audit logs show chronological events around secrets in the space, who interacted and made changes to the secrets.

You can use the audit logs

  • to run audit reports

  • review access to secrets

  • find out any unintended access

  • detect suspicious activities

  • provide supporting evidence of your organization's security compliance

The audit logs page shows event records of all secrets within the space.

Records are kept for 90 days and cannot be deleted. Only the space administrators are able to see audit logs.

Accessing audit logs

On the Confluence left-hand sidebar under Apps

  • choose Secret Administrator (1)

  • select the Audit logs tab (2)

You need space administrator permission to see the Audit logs tab.

  • a table of audit information is displayed

Use the input box at the top of the audit table information to filter by secret name or secret ID (3)

Audit log details

The following items are available for each row in the audit logs.

Item

Description

Date

The date and time (in your current timezone) the event took place.

User

The Confluence user who performed the event.

Change

The type of event.

The event type can be one of the following

  • Created

  • Modified

  • Deleted

  • Restored (see Restoring deleted secrets)

  • Purged (permanently deleted, cannot be restored)

  • Decrypted (successful access to the secret)

  • Attempted (failed access to the secret, typically due to insufficient permissions)

Item affected

Name of the secret (and its ID).

Origin

The page location where the event was performed.

When marked as "-", the event was performed in the main secrets page or administration pages (available from the sidebar).

Version

The version of the secret when the event took place.

On 26 Sept 2023, there will be significant improvements to the Security & Encryption Cloud app. Learn more

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