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Track and review MFA activity across a team.

MFA Audit Log Checklist

Define useful MFA audit events, retention guidance, export fields, and review habits for security operations.

An audit log is only useful if it records the events that matter and someone actually reviews it.
Track enrollments, removals, resets, recovery events, policy changes, and exception approvals.
Good logs help detect abuse and also help support teams reconstruct a legitimate recovery event.

What to log

Record the actor, target account, action taken, method involved, approver if any, and time. For recovery events, also note the reason and any ticket or case number tied to the reset.

How to review

Review the log on a schedule, not only after an incident. Look for repeated resets, unusual geography, policy changes without approvals, and accounts that keep falling back to weaker methods.

How long to keep it

Retention should match your security and compliance needs. Keep enough history to investigate a recovery abuse case and enough structure to export the data to your SIEM or case management system.

Implementation checklist

  • Define the minimum event set before rollout.
  • Send logs to a system that support and security can both review.
  • Link each emergency recovery to a ticket or case record.

Policy cautions

  • A log that nobody reads is just storage cost.
  • Do not log secrets, backup codes, or QR contents in the audit trail.

Related pages

Admin Recovery Flow Create an administrator recovery process with identity checks, approval logs, reset boundaries, and abuse prevention. MFA Policy Template Copy or download a practical MFA policy template covering required methods, recovery, exceptions, and reviews.