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Audit Log Management Software & Data Integrity

Trust is a feeling; audit trails are a fact. Our software acts as a digital black box, recording every critical interaction—from grade changes to fee deletions—giving Trustees absolute forensic control over institutional data.

Secure Your School's Data

The Hidden Vulnerabilities in Standard ERPs

Internal threats are statistically far more common than external hackers. Basic ERP logs are often incomplete or deletable by admins.

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Cash Pilferage

An accountant generates a valid cash receipt for a parent, hands over the printed copy, and then deletes the digital record to pocket the cash.

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Grade Tampering

Unauthorized modification of marks before report card printing. Without logs, it is impossible to prove who changed a "Fail" to a "Pass".

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Ghost Students

Creating fake student profiles to siphon government scholarship funds or to artificially inflate enrollment numbers for investors.

Immutable Financial Audit Trails

SchoolDeck employs an Immutable Ledger Architecture for the Finance Module. We record every financial event: Invoice Generation, Receipt Creation, Modification, Cancellation, and Deletion.

  • High-Risk Action Alerts: Set instant triggers to the Principal if high-risk actions occur, like a bulk deletion of fee receipts.
  • Discount Tracking: The system logs exactly who authorized a fee concession, the justification, and the timestamp.
  • Void Transaction Reports: A read-only report for external auditors to verify all cancelled entries and trace missing funds back to the User ID.
Financial Fraud Detection Dashboard showing voided receipts

Academic Integrity: Grade Change Forensics

Once a teacher publishes marks and they are locked for the term, any subsequent modification must be tracked. Our Activity Tracker logs the "Before" value and the "After" value with forensic precision.

  • Historical Grade Timeline: Provides a visual timeline of all edits made to a specific student's report card.
  • User ID Tagging: Identifies exactly who made the edit. Did the Subject Teacher correct an error, or did an IT Admin override a grade?
  • Attendance Manipulation Alerts: Tracks retrospective changes to attendance registers right before admit cards are issued.
Grade Change History Log and Forensic Tracking

Session Management & IP Tracking

Data security starts at the login screen. Our software tracks every access attempt to detect brute-force attacks or compromised staff credentials being used from abnormal locations.

  • IP Address Forensics: Verify exactly where changes were made. Did the accountant login from the school network, or a personal IP at 2:00 AM?
  • Active Session Kill Switch: View a live list of who is currently online. Force-logout and revoke access instantly for terminated employees.
  • Granular Search Filters: Filter millions of log entries specifically by Action Type (Delete/Edit), User ID, Date Range, or Module.
IP Tracking, Active Sessions, and Login Logs

1. The Core Vulnerability in Schools

Schools are uniquely vulnerable environments for data manipulation. The combination of high-volume financial transactions (fees) and high-stakes academic records (grades) creates an attractive target for internal fraud. While schools invest heavily in physical security at the front gate, they often leave their digital backdoors wide open.

Without an unalterable record of actions, "who did what and when" becomes a matter of he-said-she-said. If a student's record is inexplicably deleted from the Student SIS, standard software offers no way to trace the action back to the responsible user.

2. What is an Audit Log?

Audit Log Management Software is an enterprise-grade security and compliance tool that automatically records, stores, and analyzes user activities within a digital ecosystem. It acts as a "digital black box."

It provides a chronological, tamper-proof record of all database changes (such as fee modifications, student deletion, or grade updates), login attempts, and system access. By deploying this software alongside strict Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), schools ensure strict accountability and deter internal fraud.

3. Financial Security

Financial discrepancies in the Finance Module are the most common source of administrative headaches. A missing ₹5,000 cash receipt can take days to track down in a manual system.

With an immutable ledger, every time a receipt is voided or modified, the system records the exact state of the record before the change and after the change. This guarantees that no financial transaction can ever be truly "deleted" from the eyes of the Principal or the external auditor.

4. Academic Integrity

A school's reputation hinges on the validity of the report cards generated by its Examination Module. If a parent suspects that marks have been tampered with, the school must be able to prove the chain of custody.

The forensic log tracks the exact journey of a grade. It records when the Subject Teacher entered the initial mark, when the Class Teacher locked the record, and if an Admin subsequently overrode it. This transparency protects teachers from false accusations and protects the school from academic scandals.

5. DPDP Act Compliance

With the introduction of India's Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, schools are legally liable for the security of student data. If a breach occurs, the institution must be able to provide comprehensive logs detailing exactly who accessed the compromised data.

Our Audit Management system provides the necessary compliance reporting required by legal authorities, shielding the management from severe regulatory fines.

6. Investigation & Forensics

When an incident occurs, administrators don't have time to sift through raw database tables. SchoolDeck provides an intuitive search interface. You can filter millions of log entries specifically by Action Type (e.g., "Deletions"), User ID, Date Range, or Module (e.g., "Show me all changes in the Library module this week").

7. Basic ERP vs. Enterprise Auditing

Security Feature Basic / Legacy School ERPs SchoolDeck Enterprise Auditing
Log Permanence Logs can be deleted by "Admins". 100% Immutable. Cannot be deleted.
Data Capture Only records "File Edited". Records Exact "Before" & "After" values.
Access Tracking No session IP tracking. Detailed IP and Geolocation forensics.
Proactive Alerts Requires manual review. Instant SMS/Email on high-risk actions.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can the Super Admin delete the logs to hide their tracks?

No. This is a critical security feature. Our Audit Log uses an append-only, immutable structure. Once an activity is generated, it cannot be deleted, modified, or truncated—even by the highest-level Super Admin.

Does it track changes made to historical data?

Yes. If a user modifies a fee receipt from 3 years ago, the system logs the 'Before' and 'After' values, the Timestamp, and the IP address of the device used, ensuring historical integrity.

How long is the audit data stored? Will it slow down the ERP?

Logs are stored in optimized, cold-storage cloud servers for the duration of your subscription. Because the logs are separated from the main operational database, they do not affect the daily speed of your School ERP.

Does the system track parent and student activity as well?

Yes, tracking extends to all user portals. You can see precisely when a parent logged into the mobile app, downloaded a fee receipt, or acknowledged a circular. This resolves disputes like "We never received the timetable."

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