CIS Controls v8
CIS Control 8: Audit Log Management

CIS Controls v8 CIS-8.10: Retain Audit Logs

Keep audit logs from enterprise assets for no less than 90 days.

Maintained by Gerard BlokdykVerified against the published standard Control text last updated

What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 45 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 · 5 controls

  • AU-11 Audit Record Retention
  • AU-4 Audit Log Storage Capacity
  • AU-9 Protection of Audit Information
  • SA-1 Policy and Procedures
  • SI-12 Information Management and Retention

FedRAMP Moderate · 5 controls

  • AU-11 Audit Record Retention
  • AU-4 Audit Log Storage Capacity
  • AU-9 Protection of Audit Information
  • SA-1 Policy and Procedures
  • SI-12 Information Management and Retention
  • ASBv3-IR-7 Post-incident activity - conduct lesson learned and retain evidence
  • ASBv3-LT-6 Configure log storage retention
  • LT-3 Enable logging for security investigation

ISO 27001:2022 · 3 controls

  • 5.28 Collection of evidence
  • 5.33 Protection of records
  • 8.15 Logging

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 · 3 controls

PCI DSS 4.0 · 3 controls

  • 10.3.2 10.3.2 Audit log files protected from modification
  • 10.5.1 10.5.1 Keep logs 12 months, latest three months online
  • 9.3.4 9.3.4 Visitor logs for facility and sensitive areas

SOC 2 · 3 controls

  • SOC2-CC7.1 CC7.1 Detecting configuration changes and new vulnerabilities
  • SOC2-CC7.2 CC7.2 Monitoring system components for anomalies
  • SOC2-P6.3 P6.3 Record of unauthorised disclosures and breaches
  • ISM-1988 Searchable retention for 12 months
  • ISM-1989 Retention under AFDA Express requirements

C5 (Germany) · 2 controls

  • C5-OPS-12 Logging and Monitoring - Access, Storage and Deletion
  • C5-OPS-14 Logging and Monitoring - Storage of the Logging Data

CMMC 2.0 · 2 controls

HIPAA Security Rule · 2 controls

ISO 27002:2022 · 2 controls

  • NIST-CSF-PR.PS-04 Log records are generated and made available for continuous monitoring
  • NIST-CSF-RS.AN-07 Incident data and metadata are collected, and their integrity and provenance are preserved
  • ASD37-33 Capture network traffic (Limited)
  • SEC04-BP02 Capture logs, findings, and metrics in standardized locations
  • MYHR-SBD-3 Record keeping for sharing with the My Health Record system

ISO 27701:2019 · 1 control

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.

Other controls in CIS Control 8: Audit Log Management

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CIS Controls v8 CIS-8.10 is one control. If you already hold one of the frameworks below, a reviewed crosswalk already says how much of CIS Controls v8 your existing evidence covers. Hold ISO 27001:2022 and 102 of 153 CIS Controls v8 controls already carry evidence.

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