What evidence do auditors commonly ask for on LOG-13 Access Control Logs?

Badge system access logs for data centre and sensitive areas; Physical access log review records; Retention settings for physical access logs; Alerts for forced doors or denied access.

What is the most common gap auditors find on LOG-13?

Visitor access recorded on paper and not reconciled

CSA CCM v4.1 · LOG - Logging and Monitoring

`LOG-13` Access Control Logs

Monitor and record physical access through an access control system whose records can be audited.

Source: CSA CCM v4.1, LOG-13. The statement above is our statement of the clause, read from the published text and cited so you can check it against the official text, not the instrument verbatim. Open CSA CCM v4.1 in the compliance library.

Version 4.1 adds 11 controls (among them API security, log sanitisation and a service bill of materials) and renumbers several domains. CSA accepts v4.0.x during its transition; if your STAR assessment is still on v4.0.1, check the numbering against it.

artefacts

held by a system

at each review

easy

to go live

Physical access / facilities

where the evidence lives

teal = a system already holds it · olive = produced at each review. To go live: easy when half or more of the artefacts are already held by a system, moderate from a quarter to a half, hard below a quarter.

These are the artefacts auditors commonly ask for on this requirement, our guidance rather than text from the standard. Your assessor decides what is sufficient in your context, and asks for samples across the period when a report covers one.

system holds itEvidence a system already holds

Badge system access logs for data centre and sensitive areas · Physical access / facilities
Retention settings for physical access logs · Physical access / facilities
Alerts for forced doors or denied access · SIEM / log platform

periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review

Physical access log review records · Physical access / facilities

governing documentDocuments that govern the control

none for this control

First move

Automate the pull from your Physical access / facilities. Badge system access logs and visitor register exports; facilities maintenance tickets.

Common gaps auditors find

Visitor access recorded on paper and not reconciled
Logs not reviewed
Shared badges in use

Do this for your whole sheet

Paste the rows you run your controls from and get this mapping for every control at once, with the periodic-review ones flagged and a first move per row. No account for the first run.

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LOG-12 Transaction/Activity Logging · LOG-14 Failures and Anomalies Reporting