What is the purpose of Audit logs?

The correct answer is B. Audit logs record administrative activity in the security-management environment, including administrator logins, policy modifications, object changes, publishing, installation operations, and other configuration changes. Option A is too narrow and Gaia-specific; Gaia administrative actions can be logged, but the best general definition for Audit Logs in this CCSA context is broader management accountability across policy and configuration activity. Option C is wrong because license/subscription validation is not the purpose of audit logs. Option D identifies a possible compliance benefit, but audit logs are not “for” one specific regulation; their direct purpose is recording administrative actions so changes can be traced to administrators and sessions. This matters operationally because audit logs answer “who changed what and when,” while security logs answer “what traffic or security event occurred.” Reference topics: Security Operations Monitoring, Audit Logs, administrator accountability, policy and configuration change tracking.