EvidenceSheet

10.2.1.4 Log invalid logical access attempts

Audit logs capture all invalid logical access attempts.

5
artefacts
3
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

  • Authentication log samples with failed attempts · Identity provider / directory
  • Threshold-based alerts and tuning evidence · SIEM / log platform
  • Sample investigation tickets · SIEM / log platform

periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review

none for this control

governing documentDocuments that govern the control

  • SIEM use cases on brute force or credential stuffing · Policy repository / GRC workspace
  • Coverage across all auth systems · 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

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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10.2.1.3 Log access to audit logs · 10.2.1.5 Log changes to identification and authentication