Data auditing is a way for protecting corporate data assets against potential risk and loss. It provides a record of corporate data use, allowing enterprises and organizations to validate compliance and implement best practices to insure that the company operates at the very highest levels of ethics and compliance. Data auditing is also key to identifying potential legal threats because it provides a transparent view of the evolution of information through archiving and "versioning". The right database tools can provide a good audit track of when a record was created, when it was edited and saved, by whom and time stamped. This is especially important with regards to HIPAA, child welfare human services and patient information.
George Ritacco
www.famcare.net
