cis_5_8 — Activity Log retention set to 365 days or more¶
Summary
Severity: Medium · Pillar: Visibility · Chain role: AMPLIFIER
Description¶
Activity Log retention below 365 days limits the ability to investigate historical control-plane operations during long-dwell-time breaches.
Mapping¶
| Framework | Control / Reference |
|---|---|
| NIST 800-53 | AU-11 |
| NIST 800-207 | — |
| CIS Azure | 5.8 |
| MITRE ATT&CK Technique | T1070 |
| MITRE ATT&CK Tactic | Defense Evasion |
| Zero-Trust Tenet | — |
| Framework tags | cis-azure-2.0, nist-800-53 |
Source¶
Rule defined at policies/azure/cis/logging/cis_5_8.rego.