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# [Application Logs Are Not Audit Logs. I Learned This the Hard Way.](https://grimlabs.hashnode.dev/application-logs-are-not-audit-logs-i-learned-this-the-hard-way-auditkit-4?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

When our auditor asked to see our audit logs, i pulled up Kibana and showed him our ELK stack. Beautiful dashboards. Millions of log entries. Full request/response logging. Structured JSON. The works. He looked at it for about 30 seconds and said, "T...

Mar 29 · 6 min read · grimlabs.hashnode.dev  
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