Australian Information Security Manual
Guidelines for system monitoring

Australian Information Security Manual ISM-1988: Searchable retention for 12 months

Event logs are retained in a searchable manner for at least 12 months.

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What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 4 controls across 4 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

ATO Digital Service Provider (DSP) Operational Security Framework · 1 control

  • SEC.AUDIT Audit logging of user access and actions, kept 12 months

CIS Controls v8 · 1 control

ISO 27002:2022 · 1 control

NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 · 1 control

  • NIST-CSF-PR.PS-04 Log records are generated and made available for continuous monitoring

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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