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Monitor critical Datadog assets and configurations with Audit Trail

What's this blog post about?

The Datadog Audit Trail provides administrators and security team members with visibility into how users and teams within an organization use and interact with various Datadog products and observability data. It helps maintain a robust monitoring setup by tracking configuration changes, monitoring Datadog activity for security and usage insights, and enhancing the overall Datadog experience. Audit Trail enables investigations of unexpected issues by revealing when segments of the Datadog platform were accessed or modified and by whom. This feature is particularly useful for uncovering product-specific actions such as dashboard updates, log management configuration changes, and changes to custom metrics and tags. Additionally, it allows tracking the creation, deletion, and modification of Datadog API and APP keys, ensuring secure usage of the platform. By leveraging Audit Trail, organizations can optimize their monitoring efforts, identify potential security threats, and drive wider adoption of specific features for various use cases.

Company
Datadog

Date published
Sept. 20, 2022

Author(s)
Jordan Obey, Anshum Garg

Word count
1031

Language
English

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