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.
Ultimo aggiornamento: 16 dic 2025 · Versione v1.0 · Campione fittizio. Non costituisce consulenza legale.
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Cos'è questo artefatto (e quando vi serve)
Spiegazione essenziale minima, scritta per gli audit, non per la teoria.
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.
Vi serve quando
- 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.
Com'è fatto un buon risultato
Criteri di accettazione che i revisori verificano effettivamente.
- 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.
Anteprima del template
Un estratto reale in HTML così è indicizzabile e revisionabile.
## 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
Come compilarlo (rapidamente)
Input necessari, tempo di completamento e un esempio pratico in miniatura.
Input necessari
- 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.
Tempo di completamento: 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
Come KLA lo genera (Governare / Misurare / Dimostrare)
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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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