AU-12 Audit Record Generation
Provide audit record generation capability on all system components specified in AU-2.
5
artefacts
2
held by a system
0
at each review
moderate
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
- List of auditable events and log source inventory · SIEM / log platform
- SIEM ingestion configuration showing all in scope systems · SIEM / log platform
periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review
none for this control
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
- Control implementation statement for AU-12 citing the system mission and inheritance from common controls · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Audit and accountability policy with retention periods defined · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Log review procedures with assigned analyst owners · Policy repository / GRC workspace
First move
Start with the 2 of 5 artefacts that already live in a system (SIEM / log platform); keep the periodic reviews but log each one as a dated record with a named reviewer.
Common gaps auditors find
- Clock drift across hosts breaks event correlation
- Privileged user activity not isolated for independent review
- Critical log sources missing from the SIEM with no detection coverage
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.
Build my evidence sheet