Australian Information Security Manual
Guidelines for system monitoring

Australian Information Security Manual ISM-1815: Protecting event logs from modification and deletion

Event logs are protected from unauthorised modification and deletion.

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What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 7 controls across 3 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

ACSC Essential Eight · 4 controls

  • E8-ADMIN-ISM-1815 Restrict administrative privileges (ISM-1815): Event logs are protected from unauthorised modification and deletion
  • E8-APP-ISM-1815 Application control (ISM-1815): Event logs are protected from unauthorised modification and deletion
  • E8-MFA-ISM-1815 Multi-factor authentication (ISM-1815): Event logs are protected from unauthorised modification and deletion
  • E8-UAH-ISM-1815 User application hardening (ISM-1815): Event logs are protected from unauthorised modification and deletion

ISO 27002:2022 · 2 controls

  • NIST-CSF-RS.AN-07 Incident data and metadata are collected, and their integrity and provenance are preserved

Every mapping shown was judged rather than inferred from wording similarity, and the ones that failed review are published too. See the coverage reports and what was rejected.

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