CIS Controls v8
CIS Control 8: Audit Log Management

CIS Controls v8 CIS-8.4: Standardize Time Synchronization

Use a standard approach to time synchronisation: where supported, enterprise assets should take time from no fewer than two synchronised sources.

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

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This control maps to 23 controls across 14 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 · 3 controls

  • AU-8 Time Stamps
  • SC-45 System Time Synchronization (SC-45)
  • SC-45(1) System Time Synchronization | Synchronization with Authoritative Time Source (SC-45(1))

FedRAMP Moderate · 3 controls

  • AU-8 Time Stamps
  • SC-45 System Time Synchronization (SC-45)
  • SC-45(1) System Time Synchronization | Synchronization with Authoritative Time Source (SC-45(1))

PCI DSS 4.0 · 3 controls

  • 10.6.1 10.6.1 System clocks synchronized with time-sync technology
  • 10.6.2 10.6.2 Systems configured to correct and consistent time
  • 10.6.3 10.6.3 Time sync configuration and time data protected

SOC 2 · 3 controls

  • SOC2-CC5.2 CC5.2 General controls over technology (COSO principle 11)
  • SOC2-CC7.1 CC7.1 Detecting configuration changes and new vulnerabilities
  • SOC2-CC7.2 CC7.2 Monitoring system components for anomalies

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 · 2 controls

  • ISM-0988 Consistent time source for event logs
  • ASBv3-LT-7 Use approved time synchronization sources

C5 (Germany) · 1 control

  • C5-OPS-11 Logging and Monitoring - Metadata Management Concept

CIS Controls v8.1 · 1 control

  • 8.4 Standardize Time Synchronization

CMMC 2.0 · 1 control

ISO 27001:2022 · 1 control

  • 8.17 Clock synchronization 

ISO 27002:2022 · 1 control

  • 8.17 Clock synchronization

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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