# CIS Controls v8 3.14 — Log Sensitive Data Access

- Source: https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/cis-controls-v8/3-14-log-sensitive-data-access
- Section: [Compliance](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance) › [CIS Critical Security Controls v8](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/cis-controls-v8) › Control 3 — Data Protection
- Last updated: 2026-06-05
- Publisher: iCompaas, Inc. (https://www.icompaas.com)

**CIS Controls v8**·Control `3.14`·medium·Component: **Detect**

## What this control requires

> Log sensitive data access, including modification and disposal.
> 
> — CIS Controls v8, Control 3.14

### In plain English

Log sensitive data access, including modification and disposal. In practice, this means you can prove you log sensitive-level controls on a defined cadence.

## Why it matters

The CIS Controls are an industry-vetted, prioritised defence: skipping a safeguard widens the attack surface that the safeguards above and below it assume is closed. Audit frameworks (FedRAMP, PCI DSS, HIPAA) all cite CIS as evidence of due care.

## What an auditor looks for

A CIS-aligned reviewer wants to see (a) which Implementation Group you are targeting, (b) a documented owner for the safeguard, and (c) a tooling or process artefact (config, scan output, ticket) that proves the safeguard runs on the cadence the control demands.

Within **Detect**, the assessor will trace your implementation back to the catalogue reference (Control 3.14) and look for objective evidence on the latest two assessment cycles.

## How to implement

#### Endpoint Protection

**MDM.** Make MDM enrollment a hard gate for device access (Intune compliance + Conditional Access, or Jamf + Okta device trust). Unmanaged devices simply don't get a session token.

**EDR.** Deploy CrowdStrike / SentinelOne / Defender for Endpoint to every server and laptop; alert on any host that stops sending telemetry for >24h.

#### Logging Monitoring

**AWS.** Org-trail CloudTrail to a central log archive account, GuardDuty in every region, and Security Hub for cross-source correlation.

**Azure.** Pipe every diagnostic setting into a central Log Analytics workspace; onboard Microsoft Sentinel for SIEM/SOAR.

**GCP.** Aggregate audit logs in a dedicated logging project with sink to BigQuery; enable Security Command Center Premium and route findings to Chronicle SIEM.

### Operational checklist

-   **Log.** Document the trigger, the owner and the cadence.
-   **Scope:** sensitive, sensitive data access, modification, disposal, edr.

## Evidence to collect

-   **Edr Scan.** `edr_scan` evidence
-   **Infra Scan.** Continuous infrastructure-posture telemetry — AWS Config, Azure Policy compliance, GCP Organisation Policy, Wiz / Prisma findings.

EDR telemetry (CrowdStrike, Defender for Endpoint) confirms threat detection. Focus: Log Sensitive Data Access.

## Common pitfalls

-   Pilot MDM rollouts that quietly exclude executives or engineers; carving out the highest-risk users is the most common audit failure.
-   Per-account logging that nobody stitches together at the org level — incidents that cross accounts go undetected for days.

## Related controls in CIS Controls v8

-   [**Control 13.11** — Tune Security Event Alerting Thresholds](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/cis-controls-v8/13-11-tune-security-event-alerting-thresholds)
-   [**Control 13.2** — Deploy a Host-Based Intrusion Detection Solution](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/cis-controls-v8/13-2-deploy-a-host-based-intrusion-detection-solution)
-   [**Control 8.6** — Collect DNS Query Audit Logs](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/cis-controls-v8/8-6-collect-dns-query-audit-logs)
-   [**Control 8.7** — Collect URL Request Audit Logs](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/cis-controls-v8/8-7-collect-url-request-audit-logs)
-   [**Control 8.9** — Centralize Audit Logs](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/cis-controls-v8/8-9-centralize-audit-logs)
-   [**Control 8.11** — Conduct Audit Log Reviews](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/cis-controls-v8/8-11-conduct-audit-log-reviews)

## References

-   [Center for Internet Security — CIS Controls v8](https://www.cisecurity.org/controls/v8)
-   Catalogue identifier: `Control 3.14`

Topics: governance riskedr xdrendpoint protectionlogging monitoringthreat intelligence

## Related compliance guidance

- [SOC 2 compliance: a practical implementation guide for cloud-native SaaS teams](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/soc-2-trust-services-criteria): Configuration checks like this one are the technical half of a SOC 2 / ISO 27001 programme — the guide shows where they fit, what else an auditor expects, and how to evidence them.
- [ISO/IEC 27001:2022 compliance: a practical implementation guide](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/iso-27001-2022): ISO 27001 Annex A.8 (technological controls) is where cloud hardening evidence lands; the guide shows how to run the ISMS around it.