Logging and Monitoring Policy
Defines what your organization logs, how those logs are protected and retained, and how alerts are reviewed and escalated so that suspicious activity is detected and acted on in time.
Maps to SOC 2 Type II CC7.2 · ISO/IEC 27001:2022 A.8.15 · ISO/IEC 27001:2022 A.8.16 · NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 DE.CM-01
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Purpose
Logs only help if someone looks at them. This policy defines what your organization logs, how those logs are protected and kept, and how alerts are reviewed and escalated, so that suspicious or abnormal activity is detected quickly and handled through the incident response process.
Scope
This policy applies to all your organization’s production systems, cloud accounts, identity providers, endpoints, network and security devices, and to the people and teams responsible for operating and monitoring them. Detailed audit-record requirements for regulated environments are set out in the Audit and Accountability Policy.
9 more sections in the full template
What is logged · Centralization and protection · Retention · Monitoring and alerting · Review and escalation · Gaps and failures · Roles and responsibilities · Compliance and exceptions · Review cadence. Download the full document above, or open it in CMDash to fill in your organization name and effective date automatically.
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