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Audit Trail

Dhamaka maintains a complete, tamper-evident record of every AI interaction with technical documentation. When architects use AI to query design documents, analyze system specifications, or retrieve technical standards, each action is automatically logged with full context—who accessed what, when, and why.

Why Audit Trails Matter for Architecture Teams

Enterprise architecture teams handle sensitive intellectual property and system designs. Comprehensive audit trails serve critical functions:

  • IP protection — Demonstrate exactly who accessed proprietary designs and when
  • Compliance audits — Provide auditors with evidence of access controls and data governance
  • Knowledge management — Track how teams are using AI to access and build on architectural knowledge
  • Incident investigation — Trace the sequence of events when investigating security incidents or data access concerns

What Gets Logged

Every AI interaction with technical documentation captures:

  • Who — The architect or engineer who initiated the query
  • What — The design documents, specifications, or technical standards accessed
  • When — Precise timestamp of the interaction
  • Context — The project, team, and conversation where access occurred
  • Outcome — Whether the query succeeded and what information was returned

Tamper-Evident Integrity

Dhamaka uses cryptographic chaining to ensure audit records cannot be altered without detection. Each log entry is mathematically linked to the previous entry, creating an unbroken chain that proves:

  • No entries have been deleted
  • No entries have been modified after the fact
  • No entries have been inserted out of sequence

This integrity verification is essential when presenting audit logs to compliance teams, external auditors, or in legal proceedings. You can demonstrate with certainty that the records accurately reflect what occurred.

Long-Term Preservation

When audit logs reach their retention limit, they are archived before deletion. This preserves the ability to verify the integrity chain historically—critical for responding to IP disputes or compliance inquiries that may span years after the original activity.

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