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ISO 27001 A.8.16: Monitoring Activities

ISO 27001 A.8.16 requires that networks, systems, and applications are monitored for anomalous behavior and that potential security incidents are ...

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ISO 27001 A.8.15: Logging

ISO 27001 A.8.15 requires an organization to produce, store, protect, and review logs that record activities, exceptions, faults, and security...

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EDR vs MDR: The Simple Difference, and Which One You Need

EDR and MDR sound almost identical, and the two terms often get used interchangeably. The short explanation: EDR is the tool, and MDR is the service...

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SOC 2 CC7.3: Evaluating Security Events to Identify Incidents

SOC 2 CC7.3 requires a company to evaluate detected security events, decide which of them are incidents, and act on the ones that are. It sits in the...

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SOC 2 CC7.2: Monitoring System Components for Anomalies

SOC 2 CC7.2 is the security monitoring criterion in the Trust Services Criteria: it requires an organization to monitor its systems for anomalies and...

Infographic titled "Building Audit-Ready SIEM On-Prem." It shows logs (OS, App, Network, Security) flowing from a server rack into a SIEM Analysis Engine. This feeds into monitoring streams, incident management (triaged alerts, investigations), and ownership escalation to produce a SOC 2 Report.

SOC 2 Logging and SIEM for Bare Metal Servers

In a cloud environment, centralized logging is a toggle. Enable CloudTrail, turn on VPC Flow Logs, configure GuardDuty, and the compliance platform...

Security Logging and Monitoring Architecture for SOC 2 and ISO 27001

Security Logging and Monitoring Architecture for SOC 2 and ISO 27001

In cybersecurity, what you don’t know can hurt you. An unmonitored system is a black box where attackers can operate undetected for weeks or months. ...