10.2.1.6 Log initialization, stopping, or pausing of logs
Audit logs capture all initialization of new audit logs and all starting, stopping, or pausing of existing 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
- Sample audit log entries showing service start/stop · SIEM / log platform
- Alerts on logging service halt · SIEM / log platform
- Coverage matrix of logging agents · SIEM / log platform
- Tamper detection on log files · SIEM / log platform
periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review
none for this control
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
- Procedure for log service maintenance · 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
- Service stops not alerted
- Local agent stops invisible
- No tamper detection
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 sheet10.2.1.5 Log changes to identification and authentication · 10.2.1.7 Log creation and deletion of system level objects