How to answer 'Are administrator activities in the cloud console logged and alerted?' on a CAIQ
I. Reviewer Guidance & Pitfalls
Cite AWS CloudTrail / GCP Audit Logs with immediate Slack/email alerting on sensitive IAM changes.
II. Example Answer Passing Enterprise Audit
Compliant Response
Sealed · LOG-06
Yes. AWS CloudTrail records all management console events; alerts fire in real time for security group modifications or root account usage (SOC 2, CC7.2).
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