IBM Cloud Activity Tracker

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IBM-native audit logging service (migrating to IBM Cloud Logs) that records who did what and when across every IBM Cloud service, with regional storage, retention policies, and archive to Cloud Object Storage

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Jurisdictional exposure

Provider HQ
USArmonk, USA

Subject to CLOUD Act, FISA-702, DPF

Region locations
APACEUUKUSOther14 regions across 5 jurisdictions
Sovereign option
Yes — 1 sovereign-flagged region available
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Attributes

Regional Storage
Yes

Sub-services (2)

Audit Events

Structured records of every user and service action

Cloud Object Storage Archive

Long-term retention of audit events in regional COS buckets

Compliance & Certifications

This service is attested for the following frameworks. Always verify with the provider before relying on a specific compliance posture.

GDPRSOC 2ISO 27001HIPAAPCI DSSFedRAMP

Where this runs

14 regions
9 countries
1sovereign
Sovereign regions (1)
  • Frankfurt (Financial Services) · FrankfurtIBM Cloud for Financial Services
Commercial regions (13)

Europe (4)

  • Frankfurt
  • Frankfurt 2
  • Madrid
  • London

North America (4)

  • Montreal
  • Toronto
  • Dallas
  • Washington DC

South America (1)

  • São Paulo

Asia (3)

  • Chennai
  • Osaka
  • Tokyo

Oceania (1)

  • Sydney

Tags

auditloggingcompliancemanagement

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Pricing

Pricing model:subscription