Compliance2026-08-19 · 5 min read
PCI DSS Log Retention: What It Means for Your Cloudflare Logs
PCI DSS 10.5.1 requires 12 months of audit log history with 3 months immediately available. Where Cloudflare's edge data fits, and where it doesn't.
PCI DSS 10.5.1 requires 12 months of audit log history with 3 months immediately available. Where Cloudflare's edge data fits, and where it doesn't.
Build a small Cloudflare Worker that snapshots yesterday's analytics every night and stores it in R2, so your history outlives Cloudflare's retention.
Splunk can ingest Cloudflare logs through Logpush, but pricing is quote-based and it needs Enterprise logs. When it fits, and when it's too much.