EvidenceSheet

RS.AN-07 Incident data and metadata are collected, and their integrity and provenance are preserved

Incident data and metadata are collected, and their integrity and provenance are preserved.

5
artefacts
1
held by a system
1
at each review
hard
to go live
Policy repository / GRC workspace
where the evidence lives
teal = a system already holds it · olive = produced at each review

system holds itEvidence a system already holds

  • Access controls and audit logs on evidence repository · SIEM / log platform

periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review

  • Hash validated evidence storage · Document repository

governing documentDocuments that govern the control

  • Evidence collection standard with integrity controls · Policy repository / GRC workspace
  • Retention schedule for incident evidence · Policy repository / GRC workspace
  • Independent integrity verification reports · Document repository

First move

Mostly documents and reviews. Pull the 1 system-held artefact from your SIEM / log platform on a schedule; put the documents under version control with an owner and review date, and log each review as a dated record with a named reviewer.

Common gaps auditors find

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

RS.AN-06 Actions performed during an investigation are recorded, and the records' integrity and provenance are preserved · RS.AN-08 An incident's magnitude is estimated and validated