Mapped to NIST 800-171 Requirement: 3.3.7
CMMC Assessment Objective: AU.L2-3.3.7[c]
What This Objective Means
This objective focuses on the ongoing evaluation of how audit logs are managed, not just whether they’re being reviewed. It ensures that your team:
• Periodically assesses how audit logging is implemented and monitored
• Adjusts log review frequency, content, tools, or procedures based on findings
• Keeps pace with evolving threats, technologies, and regulatory requirements
This review should be part of a repeatable, documented process—not just an informal discussion.
Why It Matters
Even if logs are collected and reviewed, you still need to:
• Adapt to changes in your infrastructure
• Respond to lessons learned from incidents
• Improve efficiency or depth of review
Without this step, your audit logging program risks becoming stale or misaligned.
How to Implement It
• Conduct formal reviews of audit log management processes on a defined schedule (e.g., quarterly, annually)
• Evaluate:
◦ Which events are logged
◦ Who is reviewing logs
◦ How findings are escalated or acted upon
◦ Whether log storage and retention are adequate
• Document:
◦ Changes made as a result of reviews
◦ Justification for continued or discontinued practices
◦ Metrics or observations used to inform improvements
Evidence the Assessor Will Look For
• A documented audit log review and update schedule
• Meeting notes or review summaries showing evaluation of logging processes
• Records of improvements or changes made to log review procedures
• Change logs showing updates to retention policies, review tools, or escalation processes
Common Gaps
• Audit logs are reviewed, but the process is never re-evaluated
• No records of changes to logging configuration or review frequency
• Reviews are conducted but not documented or acted upon
How Cuick Trac Helps
Cuick Trac supports this requirement by:
• Offering consistent logging and role-based access to log data
• Providing logging metrics and dashboards that support review and refinement
• Helping document changes to log review procedures or tools
• Supporting review workflows with advisory and compliance-ready templates
With Cuick Trac, audit log management isn’t just active—it’s evolving with your organization.
Final CTA
A good logging process adapts. A great one documents how.
Schedule a Cuick Trac demo and put a continuous improvement loop around your audit program.