The Kubernetes audit log is an essential tool for tracking user interactions with the API server, debugging issues, and gaining insight into workload behavior. It captures detailed metadata about each request, including HTTP method, URL path, user information, and authorization decisions. By leveraging audit logs, organizations can detect anomalies in API traffic, identify potential security threats, and troubleshoot cluster operations. The Kubernetes audit log policy specifies which stages of each request should generate logs, as well as the desired level of verbosity for each type of resource. Organizations can configure their audit policies to capture specific details, filter out noise, and optimize storage requirements. Datadog's log management features can help organizations cost-effectively monitor their audit logs and set up automated alerts to detect unusual activity. By analyzing and visualizing audit logs, organizations can gain a deeper understanding of their cluster operations and make data-driven decisions to improve security, performance, and reliability.