6 terms
An audit trail is a chronological, tamper-evident record of who or what performed each action in an automated system, when, on what and with what result.
Automation governance is the set of policies, roles and controls that keep an organization's workflows, bots and integrations secure, compliant and owned.
A credential vault is a secured, access-controlled store that holds the passwords, API keys and tokens automated workflows need, issuing them only at run time.
A service account is a non-human identity that an application, script or automated workflow uses to authenticate and access systems with defined permissions.
Shadow automation means workflows, bots and scripts that run business processes without the knowledge, review or controls of IT and security teams.
A webhook signature is a cryptographic value attached to a webhook request that proves which system sent it and that its payload was not altered.