Audit log retention policy template (mapped to 7+ year retention)
Download an audit log retention policy template for AI agents: what to log, how long to retain (including 7+ years), integrity, access control, and exportability.
Write a reviewable retention policy in ~30 minutes.
For compliance, risk, product, and ML ops teams shipping agentic workflows into regulated environments.
Última actualización: 16 dic 2025 · Versión v1.0 · Muestra ficticia. No asesoramiento legal.
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Qué es este artefacto (y cuándo lo necesita)
Explicación mínima viable, escrita para auditorías, no para teoría.
This template defines what constitutes an audit log event, how long events are retained, how integrity is ensured, and how evidence is exported.
It includes common “7+ year retention” language (as a configurable default) and explicit exceptions like incidents and legal holds.
Lo necesita cuando
- You need to prove “what ran when” with tamper-evident logs (audits, incidents, procurement).
- You are standardizing retention windows across agents and workflows.
- You are preparing Annex IV documentation, SOC 2 controls, or internal compliance reviews.
Common failure mode
Teams have logs, but no declared event taxonomy, no retention schedule, and no integrity proof or export bundle auditors can verify.
Criterios de exito
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- Audit event taxonomy covers decisions, approvals, tool calls, data access, and configuration changes.
- Retention schedule includes defaults, exceptions (incidents), and legal hold behavior.
- Deletion is controlled and produces an auditable deletion report.
- Integrity mechanism is documented (append-only + hash chaining + periodic verification).
- Access control defines view vs export vs administer, including break-glass.
- Exports produce an evidence pack (manifest + checksums) that can be verified independently.
Vista previa de la plantilla
Un extracto real en HTML para que sea indexable y revisable.
## 4) Retention schedule (default + exceptions) Default retention (choose and justify): - 7+ years for audit-grade decision logs (common in regulated contexts) Exceptions: - Incidents: retain related logs for X years from incident close - Legal hold: retain until hold is released (no deletion permitted) ## 5) Integrity & tamper evidence - Append-only storage - Hash chaining / ledger sealing - Periodic integrity verification with reports retained
Cómo rellenarlo (rápido)
Entradas que necesita, tiempo para completar y un ejemplo resuelto en miniatura.
Entradas que necesita
- Your audit event taxonomy (what must be logged).
- Retention requirements (regulatory, contractual, internal).
- Integrity approach (append-only, hash chaining, verification cadence).
- Roles allowed to view/export/administer, plus break-glass procedure.
Tiempo para completar: 20–40 minutes for a v1 policy statement.
Mini example: retention window
Retention: - Decision + approval logs: 7 years (default) - Operational metrics aggregates: 18 months - Incidents: 7 years from incident close Integrity verification: daily job, reports retained for 2 years
Cómo lo genera KLA (Gobernar / Medir / Probar)
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Govern
- Policy-as-code checkpoints that block or require review for high-risk actions.
- Versioned change control for model/prompt/policy/workflow updates.
Measure
- Risk-tiered sampling reviews (baseline + burst during incidents or after changes).
- Near-miss tracking (blocked / nearly blocked steps) as a measurable control signal.
Prove
- Hash-chained, append-only audit ledger with 7+ year retention language where required.
- Evidence Room export bundles (manifest + checksums) so auditors can verify independently.
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