OPS-03 · Secure Operations

Logging and monitoring

Security-relevant events are logged, retained and reviewed, with alerts that reach a person who acts.

7frameworks fully address it
1partially
0leave it out
SOC 2 ISO 27001 NIST CSF PCI DSS HIPAA GDPR EU AI Act NIST AI RMF
1Where each framework asks for it
  • SOC 2FullCC7.2
  • ISO 27001FullA.8.15
  • NIST CSFFullDE.CM-01
  • PCI DSSFull10.2
  • HIPAAFull164.312(b)
  • GDPRPartialArt. 32 Implied by appropriate measures.
  • EU AI ActFullArt. 12
  • NIST AI RMFFullMEASURE 3.1

Build the control once against this objective and cite the clause each auditor asks about. A partial mapping says what the framework leaves out; an absence is a finding about the framework, not a gap in your program.

2What usually proves it

Logging configuration, retention, alert handling records.

?Why it exists

Logs nobody reads are storage, not detection.

For a smaller organizationCloud provider logs, one alert channel, reviewed weekly.