How does Centralized security logging support the objective “collects time-aligned security events in a protected searchable repository”?

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Centralized security logging is a cybersecurity control or practice. It supports this objective: collects time-aligned security events in a protected searchable repository. The implementation should still be validated against the organization's risk, architecture, legal obligations and operating constraints, then adapted rather than copied unchanged between environments.

NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0: https://www.nist.gov/cyberframework