Auditing good practice

Organize audit investigations objectively, traceably, and safely in Infinite Data.

When to use this

• Use it when preparing recurring audits.
• Use it during investigations of access or data use.
• Use it when defining a review routine with managers and administrators.

Before you start

• Define the investigation's objective.
• List the period, people, groups, tables, and actions of interest.
• Confirm who may reach the evidence.

Step by step

1. Start from a clear question.
2. Apply filters progressively.
3. Compare governance actions against the queries that were run.
4. Record the findings and the evidence exported.
5. Bring in managers when access is improper or out of date.
6. Follow the corrections through to completion.

What happens next

• The audit produces evidence and actionable recommendations.
• Managers can adjust rules, groups, or roles.
• The organization improves governance on the basis of facts.

Common errors

• Investigating with no hypothesis or clear scope.
• Treating every query as an incident, without context.
• Storing evidence with no access control.

Good practice

• Use the audit trail and lineage together.
• Document the filters used, so the analysis can be reproduced.
• Close investigations with an action, an owner, and a deadline.

Next steps

• Exporting evidence
• Glossary