10.2.1.7 Log creation and deletion of system level objects
Audit logs capture all creation and deletion of system-level objects.
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
- File integrity monitoring configuration and alerts · SIEM / log platform
- Database object change logs · SIEM / log platform
- OS-level object auditing configuration · SIEM / log platform
periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review
none for this control
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
- Sample audit entries for object create/delete · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Coverage across cloud and on-prem · 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
- FIM not deployed
- DB schema changes unlogged
- No alerts on critical objects
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 sheet10.2.1.6 Log initialization, stopping, or pausing of logs · 10.2.2 Audit log content