diff --git a/charts/fluent-bit.yaml b/charts/fluent-bit.yaml
index f1886982db..ae332b3afc 100644
--- a/charts/fluent-bit.yaml
+++ b/charts/fluent-bit.yaml
@@ -38,6 +38,17 @@ daemonSetVolumes:
 - name: runlog
   hostPath:
     path: /run/log
+- name: syslog-cert
+  secret:
+    secretName: syslog-cert
+    optional: true
+    items:
+    - key: ca.crt
+      path: ca.crt
+    - key: client.crt
+      path: client.crt
+    - key: client.key
+      path: client.key
 
 daemonSetVolumeMounts:
 - name: run
@@ -48,6 +59,8 @@ daemonSetVolumeMounts:
 - name: runlog
   mountPath: /run/log
   readOnly: true
+- name: syslog-cert
+  mountPath: /fluent-bit/etc/tls/
 
 serviceMonitor:
   enabled: true
diff --git a/salt/_pillar/metalk8s.py b/salt/_pillar/metalk8s.py
index 1ccd54f8b5..7d89209599 100644
--- a/salt/_pillar/metalk8s.py
+++ b/salt/_pillar/metalk8s.py
@@ -168,6 +168,12 @@ def _load_addons(config_data):
     addons_data.setdefault("dex", {}).setdefault("enabled", True)
     addons_data.setdefault("loki", {}).setdefault("enabled", True)
     addons_data.setdefault("fluent-bit", {}).setdefault("enabled", True)
+    addons_data.setdefault("fluent-bit", {}).setdefault("siem", {}).setdefault(
+        "enabled", False
+    )
+    addons_data.setdefault("fluent-bit", {}).setdefault("siem", {}).setdefault(
+        "host", ""
+    )
 
     return addons_data
 
diff --git a/salt/metalk8s/addons/logging/fluent-bit/config/fluent-bit.yaml.j2 b/salt/metalk8s/addons/logging/fluent-bit/config/fluent-bit.yaml.j2
index b54ff65ebe..58c5936be8 100644
--- a/salt/metalk8s/addons/logging/fluent-bit/config/fluent-bit.yaml.j2
+++ b/salt/metalk8s/addons/logging/fluent-bit/config/fluent-bit.yaml.j2
@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@ spec:
       limits:
         memory: 1Gi
   config:
-    {%- if pillar.addons.loki.enabled %}
+    {%- if pillar.addons.loki.enabled or pillar.addons.fluent-bit.siem.enabled %}
     output:
+      {%- if pillar.addons.loki.enabled %}
       - Name: loki
         Match: kube.*
         Host: loki
@@ -45,6 +46,21 @@ spec:
         Line_Format: json
         Log_Level: warn
         Workers: 4
+      {%- else %}
+      - Name: syslog
+        Match: audit.*
+        host: {{ pillar.addons.fluent-bit.siem.host }}
+        port: 6514
+        mode: tcp
+        format: rfc5424
+        tls: on
+        tls.verify: on
+        tls.ca_file: /fluent-bit/etc/tls/ca.crt
+        tls.crt_file: /fluent-bit/etc/tls/client.crt
+        tls.key_file: /fluent-bit/etc/tls/client.key
+        workers: 2
+        log_level: warn
+      {%- endif %}
     {%- else %}
     output: []
     {%- endif %}
diff --git a/salt/metalk8s/addons/logging/fluent-bit/deployed/chart.sls b/salt/metalk8s/addons/logging/fluent-bit/deployed/chart.sls
index 584717ec03..a59413a3ca 100644
--- a/salt/metalk8s/addons/logging/fluent-bit/deployed/chart.sls
+++ b/salt/metalk8s/addons/logging/fluent-bit/deployed/chart.sls
@@ -1735,6 +1735,8 @@ spec:
         - mountPath: /run/log
           name: runlog
           readOnly: true
+        - mountPath: /fluent-bit/etc/tls/
+          name: syslog-cert
       dnsPolicy: ClusterFirst
       hostNetwork: false
       serviceAccountName: fluent-bit
@@ -1764,6 +1766,17 @@ spec:
       - hostPath:
           path: /run/log
         name: runlog
+      - name: syslog-cert
+        secret:
+          items:
+          - key: ca.crt
+            path: ca.crt
+          - key: client.crt
+            path: client.crt
+          - key: client.key
+            path: client.key
+          optional: true
+          secretName: syslog-cert
 ---
 apiVersion: monitoring.coreos.com/v1
 kind: ServiceMonitor
diff --git a/salt/metalk8s/addons/logging/fluent-bit/deployed/configmap.sls b/salt/metalk8s/addons/logging/fluent-bit/deployed/configmap.sls
index 878c244b37..1f4233a2fc 100644
--- a/salt/metalk8s/addons/logging/fluent-bit/deployed/configmap.sls
+++ b/salt/metalk8s/addons/logging/fluent-bit/deployed/configmap.sls
@@ -125,6 +125,13 @@ Create fluent-bit ConfigMap:
                 Add            namespace unknown
                 Add            pod unknown
                 Add            stream unknown
+            [FILTER]
+                Name         parser
+                match        audit.*
+                key_name     log
+                parser       extract_audit_log_timestamp
+                preserve_key On
+                reserve_data On
             {%- for output in fluent_bit.spec.config.output %}
             [Output]
                 {%- for key, value in output.items() %}
@@ -139,3 +146,9 @@ Create fluent-bit ConfigMap:
                 Time_Key    time
                 Time_Format %Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%L%z
                 Time_Keep   Off
+            [PARSER]
+                Name        extract_audit_log_timestamp
+                Format      regex
+                Regex       ^type=\w+\s+msg=audit\((?<timestamp>\d+\.\d+):\d+\):\s*.*$
+                Time_Key    timestamp
+                Time_Format %s.%L