Insufficient Security Event Logging

Detects authentication and authorization events that are not logged, hampering incident detection and forensics.

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Insufficient Security Event Logging

Overview

Security events that must be logged for compliance and incident response:

  • Failed login attempts (with username and IP)
  • Successful logins and logouts
  • Password changes and resets
  • Admin operations (user creation, deletion, privilege changes)
  • Access control failures (403 responses)

Without adequate logging, attackers can conduct long-running attacks undetected, and post-incident forensics is impossible.

Detection Strategy

  • Authentication handlers that don't call any logger on failure
  • Admin operations without audit log entries

Remediation

Log all security-relevant events with: timestamp, user ID, IP address, action performed, success/failure.

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