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Audit Trail – AWS Configuration

The first thing you will need to do is run our Audit Trail Configuration. Head to https://config.zdaudit.com/login

Once Logged in, click on ‘Configure Cloud’

Next, select Amazon Web Services

Choose your AWS Configuration

You can choose to run the process using standard Best Practice Options or select Advanced Options

Advanced Options

Go to the Advanced Options section of this guide for more details

Credentials

In either scenario you will first need to Authenticate your AWS account:

Pre-flight Check

Click on ‘Check Permissions’ for the Audit Trail Config to check your AWS permissions

Upon completion, the screen should look like this:

Blackbaud Credentials

Authenticate with your Blackbaud Credentials

Baseline Data Download

Tell Audit Trail what areas to download from your Raiser’s Edge to act as the baseline.

Webhook Subscription

Based on the Area’s you have selected, you then tell Audit Trail ‘events’ you want to capture in each of the Area. You can choose when an area is Added, Changed and/or Deleted. These Webhooks allow realtime changes to your Raiser’s Edge data.

User Movement (Optional)

You can also opt in to track your Raiser’s Edge Users movements across records and areas

Cloud Monitoring Alerts (Optional)

You also have the option to set up monitoring or your Cloud infrastructure and be notified by email if an error is detected.

Review and Deploy

Review your steps and then deploy

Select deploy in the pop-up to double-confirm

Completed Deployment

Completed Deployment should look like this. Once completed, go back to the Dashboard.

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