diff --git a/src/cluster/Backend.cc b/src/cluster/Backend.cc
index 5729755437..202b38fd46 100644
--- a/src/cluster/Backend.cc
+++ b/src/cluster/Backend.cc
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ using namespace zeek::cluster;
 
 
 bool detail::LocalEventHandlingStrategy::DoHandleRemoteEvent(std::string_view topic, detail::Event e) {
-    zeek::event_mgr.Enqueue(e.Handler(), std::move(e.args), util::detail::SOURCE_BROKER, 0, nullptr, e.timestamp);
+    zeek::event_mgr.Enqueue(e.Handler(), std::move(e.Args()), util::detail::SOURCE_BROKER, 0, nullptr, e.Timestamp());
     return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/cluster/Backend.h b/src/cluster/Backend.h
index 0709cd10ba..3f27c293a7 100644
--- a/src/cluster/Backend.h
+++ b/src/cluster/Backend.h
@@ -45,14 +45,36 @@ public:
     Event(const EventHandlerPtr& handler, zeek::Args args, double timestamp = 0.0)
         : handler(handler), args(std::move(args)), timestamp(timestamp) {}
 
+    /**
+     * @return The name of the event.
+     */
+    std::string_view HandlerName() const { return handler->Name(); }
+
+    /**
+     * @return The event's handler.
+     */
+    const EventHandlerPtr& Handler() const { return handler; }
+
+    /**
+     * @return The event's arguments.
+     */
+    const zeek::Args& Args() const { return args; }
+    /**
+     * @return The event's arguments.
+     */
+    zeek::Args& Args() { return args; }
+
+    /**
+     * @return The network timestamp metadata of this event or 0.0.
+     */
+    double Timestamp() const { return timestamp; }
+
+private:
     EventHandlerPtr handler;
     zeek::Args args;
     double timestamp; // TODO: This should be more generic, possibly holding a
                       // vector of key/value metadata, rather than just
                       // the timestamp.
-
-    std::string_view HandlerName() const { return handler->Name(); }
-    const EventHandlerPtr& Handler() const { return handler; }
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/cluster/serializer/broker/Serializer.cc b/src/cluster/serializer/broker/Serializer.cc
index f2308cb627..5bd32f8738 100644
--- a/src/cluster/serializer/broker/Serializer.cc
+++ b/src/cluster/serializer/broker/Serializer.cc
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ using namespace zeek::cluster;
 
 std::optional<broker::zeek::Event> detail::to_broker_event(const detail::Event& ev) {
     broker::vector xs;
-    xs.reserve(ev.args.size());
+    xs.reserve(ev.Args().size());
 
-    for ( const auto& a : ev.args ) {
+    for ( const auto& a : ev.Args() ) {
         if ( a->GetType() == zeek::BifType::Record::Broker::Data ) {
             // When encountering a Broker::Data instance within args, pick out
             // the broker::data directly to avoid double encoding, Broker::Data.
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ std::optional<broker::zeek::Event> detail::to_broker_event(const detail::Event&
         }
     }
 
-    return broker::zeek::Event(ev.HandlerName(), xs, broker::to_timestamp(ev.timestamp));
+    return broker::zeek::Event(ev.HandlerName(), xs, broker::to_timestamp(ev.Timestamp()));
 }
 
 std::optional<detail::Event> detail::to_zeek_event(const broker::zeek::Event& ev) {
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ TEST_CASE("roundtrip") {
         REQUIRE(result);
         CHECK_EQ(result->Handler(), handler);
         CHECK_EQ(result->HandlerName(), "Supervisor::node_status");
-        CHECK_EQ(result->args.size(), 2);
+        CHECK_EQ(result->Args().size(), 2);
     }
 
     SUBCASE("binary") {
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ TEST_CASE("roundtrip") {
         REQUIRE(result);
         CHECK_EQ(result->Handler(), handler);
         CHECK_EQ(result->HandlerName(), "Supervisor::node_status");
-        CHECK_EQ(result->args.size(), 2);
+        CHECK_EQ(result->Args().size(), 2);
     }
 }
 TEST_SUITE_END();