10.2.1.5 Log changes to identification and authentication
Audit logs capture all changes to identification and authentication credentials, including creation, elevation, and modification of accounts with admin access.
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
- Directory audit log samples for account create, modify, delete · Identity provider / directory
- Alerts on admin group additions · SIEM / log platform
- Sample of recent IAM changes correlated to tickets · SIEM / log platform
periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review
none for this control
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
- Coverage of IAM platforms · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Procedure for emergency change logging · 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
- Group changes not alerted
- Cloud IAM under-monitored
- Tickets not correlated
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 sheet10.2.1.4 Log invalid logical access attempts · 10.2.1.6 Log initialization, stopping, or pausing of logs