10.2.1.3 Log access to audit logs
Audit logs capture all access to audit logs.
5
artefacts
4
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
- SIEM configuration logging log access events · SIEM / log platform
- Alerts on unauthorized log access · SIEM / log platform
- Sample log access audit entries · SIEM / log platform
- Coverage of log storage locations · SIEM / log platform
periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review
none for this control
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
- Procedure for log integrity monitoring · 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
- Log access not logged
- No alerts on log views
- Local log files unprotected
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 sheet10.2.1.2 Log all admin actions · 10.2.1.4 Log invalid logical access attempts