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Audio-plus-text alert

An EAS alert message that when processed by the Endec and the EIS and displayed by the ITF contains both audio and text.

audit

1. To conduct an independent review and examination of system records and activities in order to test the adequacy and effectiveness of data security and data integrity procedures, to ensure compliance with established policy and operational procedures, and to recommend any necessary changes.
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audit event

An activity which may cause an audit record to be reported in an audit trail. The POSIX.6/D13.1 option specifies the audit events corresponding to POSIX.1 interfaces [POSIX.6].

audit event type

A field within an audit record that identifies the activity reported by the record, and defines the required content of the record [POSIX.6].

audit ID

An identifier for the individual user accountable for an audit event [POSIX.6].

audit record

The discrete unit of data reportable in an audit trail on the occurrence of an audit event [POSIX.6].

audit record field

A field containing information regarding all entities in a transaction, and indicators of the types of processing performed by those entities. [After X9.17/95]

audit recorder function

A function that records the security-relevant messages in a security audit trail [10181-7].

audit review file

A file created by executing statements included in a computer program for the explicit purpose of providing data for auditing.

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