Quiz – Audit Logging Essentials

Question 1 of 6

1. Question

What does audit logging capture?

System activities, user actions, and security events

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Only CPU temperature

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Marketing metrics

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Payroll data only

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Question 2 of 6

2. Question

Which frameworks does structured logging support compliance with?

NIST SP 800-53, ISO/IEC 27001, and CIS Controls v8

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ISO 9001

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PMBOK

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Six Sigma

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Question 3 of 6

3. Question

What does structured logging enable during investigations?

Event correlation and timeline reconstruction

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Faster internet

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Lower salaries

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Automatic patching

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Question 4 of 6

4. Question

What key property should audit records have?

Immutability

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Editable by anyone

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Deleted weekly

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Stored only locally

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Question 5 of 6

5. Question

Match each logging concept to its role.

Sort elements

Support accountability and forensics
Reconstructs incident timelines
A compliance logging framework
Show what, when, and who

Immutable records

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Event correlation

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NIST SP 800-53

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Audit trails

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Question 6 of 6

6. Question

During a breach investigation you find that logs on a critical server were overwritten and stored only on that same host, now compromised. Which practice was missing?

Immutable, centralized log retention

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A faster CPU on the server

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More marketing dashboards

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Weekly deletion of all logs

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