PCI DSS 4.0 10.2.1.2: 10.2.1.2 Logs capture all administrative actions
Audit logs must record every action carried out by anyone who holds administrative access, and this includes any interactive session run under an application account or a system account. Applies to all entities. The guidance explains that without such records mistakes or misuse of privilege cannot be traced to the specific action and account, and it defines administrative functions as those going beyond what ordinary users do in routine business work (see Appendix G). Customized approach objective: every action by individuals holding elevated privileges leaves a record.
This control maps to 38 controls across 18 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.
You are reading one control. How much of PCI DSS 4.0 have you already done?
PCI DSS 4.0 10.2.1.2 is one control. If you already hold one of the frameworks below, a reviewed crosswalk already says how much of PCI DSS 4.0 your existing evidence covers. Hold ISO 27001:2022 and 139 of 280 PCI DSS 4.0 controls already carry evidence.
Each report names every control your existing framework evidences, every one it does not, the reasoning behind each claim, and the claims that were argued against and rejected. 415 were rejected on the ISO 27001:2022 pair alone.