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What the lab does

A system-state preservation lab with one discipline and many services.

AuditTrace captures, tests, and preserves the state of systems, hardware, networks, media, and AI source boundaries, then records what changed. Within an authorized scope we test how systems behave to see what state can be captured. Every service below produces a reviewable record. We are not a cybersecurity or monitoring service — never surveillance, never behavior scoring.

The doctrine

Capture the state. Preserve the record. Prove what changed.

These principles are the same across everything AuditTrace builds. They are why legal, security, privacy, and individual clients can trust the result.

Preservation, not security

Within an authorized scope, we test how a system behaves and what state can be captured, so we can preserve evidence and a record of change. The work is always scoped, authorized, and human-gated. We are not a cybersecurity, monitoring, or threat-detection service, and we never surveil people or score behavior.

Evidence, not opinions

We produce structured artifacts — manifests, registers, chains of custody. We do not diagnose, accuse, or conclude. A qualified human does that.

Lineage without surveillance

We record the decision path and system state, never employee behavior. No monitoring, no scoring, no covert collection.

How an engagement runs

Authorized, scoped, human-gated.

Every engagement follows the same disciplined path, whether it is a $1,500 starter audit or a company-wide evidence binder.

1

Authorize and scope

Written scope, approved systems, named owners, declared exclusions, and a deliverable list. Nothing begins without it.

2

Inventory and classify

We identify what exists, who owns it, and how sensitive it is — then document what stays in and what stays out.

3

Preserve and package

We capture the record — sources, state, deltas — into a structured package with a manifest and chain of custody.

4

Validate and deliver

We test against gold-standard questions and hand over an executive memo, technical appendix, and reviewable evidence.

Start now

Two ways in.

Use the free checklist to prepare, or send scope by email or a downloadable intake form. Never send secrets.

Prefer to start offline? Download the fillable AI Evidence Audit intake form, complete it, and email it back to contact@audittracelabs.com.
Download the AI Evidence Audit intake form (PDF)