AWS Well-Architected Security Pillar
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AWS Well-Architected Security Pillar SEC04-BP02: Capture logs, findings, and metrics in standardized locations

Aggregate security telemetry into standardised destinations such as S3 log archive buckets, Security Hub and a centralised SIEM so analysts and automation can correlate across sources.

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This control maps to 73 controls across 20 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

FedRAMP High · 8 controls

  • AU-11 Audit Record Retention
  • AU-4 Audit Log Storage Capacity
  • AU-6(1) Automated Process Integration
  • AU-6(3) Correlate Audit Record Repositories
  • AU-7 Audit Record Reduction and Report Generation
  • AU-7(1) Automatic Processing
  • SA-2 Allocation of Resources
  • SI-4(2) Automated Tools and Mechanisms for Real-Time Analysis

FedRAMP Moderate · 8 controls

  • AU-11 Audit Record Retention
  • AU-4 Audit Log Storage Capacity
  • AU-6(1) Automated Process Integration
  • AU-6(3) Correlate Audit Record Repositories
  • AU-7 Audit Record Reduction and Report Generation
  • AU-7(1) Automatic Processing
  • SA-2 Allocation of Resources
  • SI-4(2) Automated Tools and Mechanisms for Real-Time Analysis

NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 · 6 controls

  • ASBv3-GS-7 Define and implement logging, threat detection and incident response strategy
  • ASBv3-IR-4 Detection and analysis - investigate an incident
  • ASBv3-LT-1 Enable threat detection capabilities
  • ASBv3-LT-6 Configure log storage retention
  • LT-5 Centralize security log management and analysis

CIS Controls v8 · 5 controls

  • CIS-13.1 Centralize Security Event Alerting
  • CIS-8.1 Establish and Maintain an Audit Log Management Process
  • CIS-8.10 Retain Audit Logs
  • CIS-8.3 Ensure Adequate Audit Log Storage
  • CIS-8.9 Centralize Audit Logs

CMMC 2.0 · 4 controls

NIST SP 800-161 Rev 1 · 4 controls

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 · 4 controls

ACSC Essential Eight · 3 controls

  • E8-APP-ML2 Application Control (ML2)
  • E8-MFA-ML3 Multi-Factor Authentication - Maturity Level 3
  • E8-UAH-ML3 User Application Hardening - Maturity Level 3

C5 (Germany) · 3 controls

  • C5-COS-01 Technical safeguards
  • C5-OPS-11 Logging and Monitoring - Metadata Management Concept
  • C5-OPS-14 Logging and Monitoring - Storage of the Logging Data

ISO 27001:2022 · 3 controls

  • 5.33 Protection of records
  • 8.15 Logging
  • 8.16 Monitoring activities

PCI DSS 4.0 · 3 controls

  • 10.2.1.3 10.2.1.3 Access to the audit logs is itself logged
  • 10.3.2 10.3.2 Audit log files protected from modification
  • 10.3.3 10.3.3 Audit logs promptly backed up to central secure storage

HIPAA Security Rule · 2 controls

ISO 27002:2022 · 2 controls

NIST SP 800-66 Rev 2 · 2 controls

SOC 2 · 2 controls

  • SOC2-CC2.1 CC2.1 Relevant, quality information to support internal control (COSO principle 13)
  • SOC2-CC7.2 CC7.2 Monitoring system components for anomalies
  • ANSSI-HYG-36 Enable and Configure Logging on the Most Important Components

NIST SP 800-218 · 1 control

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