APSC-DV-002900 The ISSO must ensure application audit trails are retained for at least 30 months (12 months active + 18 months cold storage) for applications without SAMI data and five years for applications including SAMI data.
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Maps to AU-11 via CCI-000167
Title
The ISSO must ensure application audit trails are retained for at least 30 months (12 months active + 18 months cold storage) for applications without SAMI data and five years for applications including SAMI data.
Control
Verify a process is in place to retain application audit log files for 30 months (12 months active + 18 months cold storage) for non-SAMI data and five years for SAMI data. If audit logs have not been retained for 30 months (12 months active + 18 months cold storage) or five years for SAMI data, this is a finding.
Discussion
Log files are a requirement to trace intruder activity or to audit user activity.
Related controls
CCI-000167
Fix
Retain application audit log files for 30 months (12 months active + 18 months cold storage) for non-SAMI data and five years for SAMI data.