164.312(b) Audit Controls (Standard)
Implement hardware, software, and procedural mechanisms that record and examine activity in information systems that contain or use ePHI. NIST recommends central log management aligned to SP 800-92.
4
artefacts
2
held by a system
0
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
- Central log management deployment · SIEM / log platform
- Log retention configuration · SIEM / log platform
periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review
none for this control
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
- Logging standard · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- SIEM use case catalog · Policy repository / GRC workspace
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
- Application-level audit logs missing
- Logs retained less than six years where applicable
- Admin actions on log system not logged separately
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 sheet164.312(a)(2)(iv) Encryption and Decryption (Addressable) · 164.312(c)(1) Integrity (Standard)