Employee Activity Tracking
Track detailed employee activity with comprehensive logs of app usage, website visits, and work patterns. Get behavior analysis, idle time detection, and productivity insights for informed decisions.
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Comprehensive activity logging that captures every action, analyzes behavior patterns, and provides detailed insights into how employees spend their work time.
Comprehensive Activity Logging & Recording
Capture every computer activity and prevent security gaps with AI-powered granular logging that creates complete audit trails while enabling instant search across millions of activity records. Intelligent logging automatically identifies important activities for review.
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Activity Tracking Features
Granular activity monitoring that creates complete audit trails, identifies productivity patterns, detects security threats, and ensures compliance with detailed behavioral insights.
Behavioral Pattern Analysis
Identify security threats and prevent employee disengagement with advanced AI-powered behavior analysis that detects abnormal patterns before problems escalate into major issues. Predictive analytics enable proactive intervention.
Application & Website Usage Analytics
Save $10,000+ annually and eliminate wasteful spending with detailed usage analytics that identify training needs while optimizing your software stack.
Productivity vs Distraction Metrics
Eliminate subjective bias and identify time-wasting activities with objective productivity metrics that enable fair performance evaluations based on factual data.
Timeline & Session Reconstruction
Resolve disputes and prevent billing conflicts with minute-by-minute session reconstruction that provides factual evidence for investigations and training.
Insider Threat Detection
Prevent data breaches and stop malicious activity with real-time threat detection that identifies data exfiltration attempts before confidential information leaves your organization.
Compliance & Regulatory Reporting
Reduce audit preparation from weeks to hours and ensure regulatory compliance with automated reporting that demonstrates due diligence while preventing violations.
Bandwidth & Network Activity Monitoring
Identify bandwidth waste and detect data exfiltration with network monitoring that tracks uploads, downloads, and cloud service usage while troubleshooting performance issues.
Search & Investigation Tools
Find specific activities in seconds across years of data and streamline investigations with powerful search that correlates events while exporting evidence for proceedings.
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Get Organized in Your Own Way
Use these features to limit data access, organize teams, and get the most out of Taskgati activity tracking with flexible configuration options.
Manager Login
Let managers see only their teams' activity data, analyze behavior patterns, and adjust activity tracking settings. Role-based permissions ensure data privacy while empowering team leaders with the activity tracking insights they need.
Employee Login
Promote transparency and accountability by giving your employees access to their own activity data. Workers can view their activity logs, app usage, and behavior patterns to understand their work habits.
REST API
Integrate activity tracking data with security systems, compliance tools, and custom applications. Connect Taskgati activity data to your existing software stack seamlessly.
Raw Data Access
Get detailed data about activity logs, app usage, website visits, and system events. Export raw activity data for custom analysis, compliance reporting, or integration with business intelligence tools.
Smart Alerts
Get alerts based on activity patterns, policy violations, or security threats. Set custom thresholds for activity tracking and receive instant notifications via email, WhatsApp, or in-app to take timely action.
Track Activity Across Your Entire Organization
Log and analyze activity for teams of any size with Taskgati activity tracking. Configure tracking levels, customize retention policies, and scale activity monitoring across divisions, departments, and security zones.
How Activity Tracking Works for Different Teams
Comprehensive activity logging solutions for high-security environments and standard business teams with customizable tracking levels that provide detailed insights while respecting privacy.
High-Security Environments
Perfect for organizations requiring comprehensive activity logging and security monitoring. Taskgati employee activity tracking provides granular activity logs, detailed behavior analysis, and complete audit trails. Security teams can track every application, website, file access, and system event with comprehensive logging that supports compliance, investigations, and threat detection across all company-managed systems.
Standard Business Teams
Ideal for standard business teams requiring activity insights without invasive monitoring. Taskgati activity tracking enables privacy-conscious activity logging with configurable tracking levels, employee visibility, and focused productivity metrics. Team members can understand their work patterns while managers gain insights into app usage, time allocation, and productivity trends without compromising personal privacy.
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Windows
Windows 10 and above
macOS
macOS 10.15 and above
Linux
Ubuntu 18.04 and above
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Use Cases
Discover how employee monitoring transforms business operations across different scenarios and challenges.
Data Loss Prevention & IP Protection
Monitor employee activity to prevent intellectual property theft and confidential data leaks. Track file access to trade secrets, customer lists, and proprietary documents. Detect unauthorized copying to USB drives, personal email, or cloud storage. Insider threat identification through abnormal data access patterns. Document lifecycle tracking from creation through potential theft attempt. Essential for technology companies, pharmaceutical firms, manufacturers, and any organization with valuable intellectual property requiring protection through comprehensive activity monitoring and data loss prevention.
Data Loss Prevention & IP Protection
Monitor employee activity to prevent intellectual property theft and confidential data leaks. Track file access to trade secrets, customer lists, and proprietary documents. Detect unauthorized copying to USB drives, personal email, or cloud storage. Insider threat identification through abnormal data access patterns. Document lifecycle tracking from creation through potential theft attempt. Essential for technology companies, pharmaceutical firms, manufacturers, and any organization with valuable intellectual property requiring protection through comprehensive activity monitoring and data loss prevention.
Security Investigations & Incident Response
Detailed activity logs provide complete forensic evidence for security incident investigations. Reconstruct attacker actions during breach. Identify patient zero in malware infections. Trace data exfiltration attempts. Document policy violations for HR actions. Legal evidence for employee misconduct cases. Compliance investigation documentation for regulatory inquiries. Timeline reconstruction shows exactly what happened, when, and by whom. Essential for security teams, forensic investigators, and organizations needing comprehensive audit trails for incident response and legal proceedings.
Security Investigations & Incident Response
Detailed activity logs provide complete forensic evidence for security incident investigations. Reconstruct attacker actions during breach. Identify patient zero in malware infections. Trace data exfiltration attempts. Document policy violations for HR actions. Legal evidence for employee misconduct cases. Compliance investigation documentation for regulatory inquiries. Timeline reconstruction shows exactly what happened, when, and by whom. Essential for security teams, forensic investigators, and organizations needing comprehensive audit trails for incident response and legal proceedings.
Regulatory Compliance & Auditing
Meet regulatory requirements for activity logging in financial services, healthcare, government, and other regulated industries. FINRA trade surveillance documentation. HIPAA patient data access audit trails. SOX IT security controls evidence. PCI-DSS system activity monitoring. Maintain activity logs for required retention periods. Automated compliance reports for regulatory examinations. Audit-ready documentation exports. Demonstrate due diligence through comprehensive activity tracking. Essential for regulated organizations requiring detailed audit trails and compliance documentation.
Regulatory Compliance & Auditing
Meet regulatory requirements for activity logging in financial services, healthcare, government, and other regulated industries. FINRA trade surveillance documentation. HIPAA patient data access audit trails. SOX IT security controls evidence. PCI-DSS system activity monitoring. Maintain activity logs for required retention periods. Automated compliance reports for regulatory examinations. Audit-ready documentation exports. Demonstrate due diligence through comprehensive activity tracking. Essential for regulated organizations requiring detailed audit trails and compliance documentation.
Employee Productivity Analysis
Understand exactly how employees spend work time through detailed activity tracking. Identify productivity bottlenecks and time-wasting activities. Compare high-performer activity patterns with average employees. Training needs revealed through application usage and work patterns. Project time allocation accuracy verification. Billing documentation for client work. Productivity improvement measurement tracking changes over time. Essential for managers, productivity consultants, and organizations seeking to optimize workforce efficiency through objective activity data and behavioral insights.
Employee Productivity Analysis
Understand exactly how employees spend work time through detailed activity tracking. Identify productivity bottlenecks and time-wasting activities. Compare high-performer activity patterns with average employees. Training needs revealed through application usage and work patterns. Project time allocation accuracy verification. Billing documentation for client work. Productivity improvement measurement tracking changes over time. Essential for managers, productivity consultants, and organizations seeking to optimize workforce efficiency through objective activity data and behavioral insights.
Remote Workforce Management
Verify remote employee work activity and engagement without invasive surveillance. Activity logs confirm employees work during scheduled hours. Project allocation verification ensures accurate time reporting. Productivity comparison between remote and office employees. Identify remote employees struggling with home distractions. Security monitoring detects remote work risks like personal device usage or unsecured networks. Balance remote flexibility with accountability through objective activity tracking. Essential for distributed organizations managing remote workforce performance and security.
Remote Workforce Management
Verify remote employee work activity and engagement without invasive surveillance. Activity logs confirm employees work during scheduled hours. Project allocation verification ensures accurate time reporting. Productivity comparison between remote and office employees. Identify remote employees struggling with home distractions. Security monitoring detects remote work risks like personal device usage or unsecured networks. Balance remote flexibility with accountability through objective activity tracking. Essential for distributed organizations managing remote workforce performance and security.
Training & Performance Improvement
Analyze employee activity to identify training needs and improvement opportunities. Low application usage reveals software training gaps. Common error patterns suggest process training needs. Efficient employee activities become training examples. New employee onboarding tracking ensures proper system access and tool adoption. Coaching conversations based on specific activity data rather than subjective impressions. Performance improvement measurement verifies training effectiveness. Essential for L&D teams, managers, and organizations committed to continuous employee development through data-driven insights.
Training & Performance Improvement
Analyze employee activity to identify training needs and improvement opportunities. Low application usage reveals software training gaps. Common error patterns suggest process training needs. Efficient employee activities become training examples. New employee onboarding tracking ensures proper system access and tool adoption. Coaching conversations based on specific activity data rather than subjective impressions. Performance improvement measurement verifies training effectiveness. Essential for L&D teams, managers, and organizations committed to continuous employee development through data-driven insights.
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Automation
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How Do You Want to Securely Store Your Activity Tracking Data?
Choose the deployment option that best fits your security requirements and infrastructure for activity tracking data storage.
Cloud-Based Activity Tracking Storage
The best option for teams who want fast, easy setup for activity tracking in just a few minutes. No tricky setup, added technical equipment, or involvement from your IT team. Your activity tracking data is safely stored on industry-leading cloud infrastructure using the latest security standards.
Perfect for: Small to medium businesses, remote teams tracking activity, and companies wanting quick activity tracking deployment
On-Premise Activity Tracking Storage
Wanting to store your activity tracking data on your own servers? Our on-premise solution is for teams who don't mind a little extra technical effort and have the IT team to pull it off. Your company provides the servers, we help you deploy activity tracking securely on your infrastructure.
Perfect for: Enterprises, regulated industries tracking activity, and organizations with strict data sovereignty requirements for activity tracking
Enterprise-Grade Security for Activity Tracking Data
256-bit Encryption
Bank-level protection for activity data
GDPR Compliant
Privacy regulations for activity tracking met
Role-Based Access
Control who sees activity data
Audit Logs
Complete activity tracking trails
The Ultimate Guide to Employee Activity Tracking
Everything you need to know about Employee Activity Tracking for your business
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What is Employee Activity Tracking?
Employee activity tracking software monitors and logs every action employees perform on their work computers including applications used, websites visited, files accessed, communications sent, keystrokes typed, and system events. This creates comprehensive audit trail of computer usage enabling productivity analysis, security monitoring, compliance documentation, and behavior investigation. In 2026, modern activity tracking leverages AI-powered behavior analysis, predictive threat detection, and intelligent automation to provide comprehensive oversight while respecting employee privacy.
Evolution of Activity Tracking: Activity tracking has evolved from simple application logging to sophisticated AI-powered behavioral analytics. Early systems captured basic application usage. Modern solutions like Taskgati use machine learning to analyze patterns, predict threats, and provide actionable insights. The evolution reflects growing emphasis on intelligent monitoring that balances comprehensive oversight with privacy protection and automated analysis that reduces manual review burden.
Activity Tracking vs Other Monitoring: Activity tracking is most granular monitoring approach. Time tracking shows hours worked. Productivity monitoring measures efficiency. Screen monitoring provides visual evidence. Activity tracking captures every individual action creating complete behavioral record. Combined with other monitoring types, activity tracking provides deepest possible insights into employee computer usage. AI-powered activity tracking automatically identifies important patterns and anomalies, reducing need to review every record manually.
What Gets Tracked: Modern activity tracking captures: application launches and usage duration, website URLs and time spent, file operations (open, edit, save, copy, delete), email sending and receiving (metadata, not content), chat and messaging activity, document printing, USB device connections, system logins and logouts, network activity and data transfers, screenshots at configurable intervals, optional keystroke logging of all typing. AI-powered tracking automatically categorizes activities as productive, unproductive, or neutral based on job role and organizational context.
AI-Powered Activity Tracking (2026):
Intelligent Behavior Analysis: AI analyzes activity patterns to identify normal vs abnormal behavior. Machine learning models learn individual work patterns and flag deviations. Predictive analytics forecast potential security threats. Automated behavior analysis reduces false positives through intelligent pattern recognition.
Automated Threat Detection: AI automatically identifies suspicious activity patterns including data exfiltration attempts, policy violations, and insider threats. Real-time alerts enable proactive intervention. Machine learning continuously improves detection accuracy. Automated threat detection prevents incidents before they occur.
Smart Activity Categorization: AI automatically categorizes activities as productive, unproductive, or neutral. Context-aware categorization accounts for job role and work patterns. Intelligent classification reduces manual review burden. Smart categorization enables accurate productivity scoring.
Predictive Analytics: Machine learning models forecast productivity trends, security risks, and compliance issues. Predictive analytics enable proactive management. Data-driven insights guide strategic decisions. Predictive analytics transform activity tracking from reactive monitoring to proactive optimization.
Storage & Privacy Considerations: Comprehensive activity tracking generates enormous data volumes—hundreds of thousands of records per employee monthly. Efficient storage and powerful search capabilities are essential. AI-powered storage optimization automatically manages retention and compression. Privacy concerns are highest with activity tracking due to granular data capture. Clear policies, employee notification, and purposeful use are mandatory. Never track personal devices or off-duty activity. Intelligent privacy protection automatically excludes personal data from tracking.
Use Cases for Activity Tracking: Security: Detect insider threats, data exfiltration, policy violations, and malware infections through AI-powered analysis. Compliance: Maintain audit trails for regulatory requirements (SOX, HIPAA, FINRA, PCI-DSS) with automated compliance reporting. Productivity: Understand time usage, identify inefficiencies, measure improvement through intelligent analytics. Investigations: Reconstruct incidents with forensic detail using AI-powered timeline reconstruction. Training: Identify skill gaps and improvement opportunities through behavioral pattern analysis. Remote work: Verify employee engagement and work patterns with objective activity data.
Legal & Ethical Requirements: Activity tracking is legal in most jurisdictions with proper notification and legitimate business purpose. EU GDPR imposes strict requirements: legitimate interest, proportionality, transparency, and employee consultation. Keystroke logging faces additional scrutiny—some jurisdictions prohibit or restrict it. Never track personal communications on personal time. Always consult legal counsel before implementing comprehensive activity tracking. Ethical implementation respects privacy while meeting organizational needs. AI-powered privacy protection automatically ensures compliance with privacy regulations.
Industry-Specific Applications:
Financial Services: Trading surveillance, compliance documentation, insider trading prevention. FINRA and SEC require detailed activity logs for certain trading activities. AI-powered analysis identifies suspicious trading patterns automatically.
Healthcare: HIPAA compliance, patient data access monitoring, privacy protection. Activity tracking ensures appropriate PHI access. AI automatically detects unauthorized data access attempts.
Government & Defense: Classified information security, clearance monitoring, insider threat detection. Activity tracking required for certain security classifications. AI-powered threat detection identifies security risks proactively.
Technology Companies: IP protection, data loss prevention, insider threat detection. Activity tracking protects valuable intellectual property. AI analyzes data access patterns to prevent theft.
Taskgati's Comprehensive Solution: Taskgati provides enterprise-grade activity tracking with granular control over what's monitored. Customizable tracking levels from basic to comprehensive. AI-powered behavior analysis automatically identifies patterns and threats. Intelligent storage management makes massive datasets searchable. Privacy-conscious implementation with clear policies and employee visibility. Automated compliance ensures ongoing adherence to regulations. Balance security and productivity needs with privacy rights through flexible, powerful activity tracking. Start tracking activity intelligently with Taskgati.
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