AU-9(2) Store on Separate Physical Systems or Components
Store audit records on separate physical system/component at least weekly (FedRAMP).
2
artefacts
1
held by a system
1
at each review
easy
to go live
SIEM / log platform
where the evidence lives
teal = a system already holds it · olive = produced at each review
system holds itEvidence a system already holds
- Off-host log shipping · SIEM / log platform
periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review
- Replication evidence · SIEM / log platform
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
none for this control
First move
Automate the pull from your SIEM / log platform. Retention and alert rules exported from the SIEM; review evidence is the closed-alert record with reviewer and time.
Common gaps auditors find
- Local-only logs
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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