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8.2 IG1

Control 8 / Audit Log Management

Collect Audit Logs

Think of it likeActually switching on the recorders in every room, not just owning them.

In plain English

The plan from safeguard 8.1 is put into practice: logs are genuinely turned on and gathered from devices, applications, and the network so events are captured as they happen.

Related CSF subcategories (unofficial mapping)

DE.CM-09: Computing hardware and software, runtime environments, and their data are monitored to find potentially adverse events.PR.PS-04: Log records are generated and made available for continuous monitoring.