10.2.1 Audit logs enabled on system components
Audit logs are enabled and active for all system components and cardholder data.
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
- Coverage matrix of system components and logging status · SIEM / log platform
- Configuration baselines mandating logging · SIEM / log platform
- SIEM ingestion dashboard showing all sources · SIEM / log platform
- Sample log entries per component · SIEM / log platform
periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review
none for this control
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
- Gap report for unmonitored 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
- Logging disabled on some components
- Cloud workloads excluded
- No coverage matrix
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 sheet10.1.2 Requirement 10 roles and responsibilities documented and assigned · 10.2.1.1 Log all user access to CHD