Establish and Maintain an Audit Log Management Process Every security investigation starts with the same question: what actually happened? In a lot of organizations, the honest answer is some version of "we're not entirely sure." Not because the evidence never existed, but because no one decided in advance what to record, how long to keep it, or who was responsible for it. Control 8.1 is about making that decision on purpose, before the day you need the answer. An audit log is simply a record...