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AU – Audit and Accountability

NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 – AU – Audit and Accountability

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AU-1 – Policy and Procedures#

  • a. Develop, document, and disseminate to [organization-defined personnel or roles]:
      1. [organization-level or mission/business process-level or system-level] audit and accountability policy that:
      • (a) Addresses purpose, scope, roles, responsibilities, management commitment, coordination among organizational entities, and compliance; and
      • (b) Is consistent with applicable laws, executive orders, directives, regulations, policies, standards, and guidelines; and
      1. Procedures to facilitate the implementation of the audit and accountability policy and the associated audit and accountability controls;
  • b. Designate an [organization-defined official] to manage the development, documentation, and dissemination of the audit and accountability policy and procedures; and
  • c. Review and update the current audit and accountability:
      1. Policy [organization-defined frequency] and following [organization-defined events] ; and
      1. Procedures [organization-defined frequency] and following [organization-defined events].

AU-2 – Event Logging#

  • a. Identify the types of events that the system is capable of logging in support of the audit function: [organization-defined event types];
  • b. Coordinate the event logging function with other organizational entities requiring audit-related information to guide and inform the selection criteria for events to be logged;
  • c. Specify the following event types for logging within the system: [organization-defined event types (subset of the event types defined in AU-2a.) along with the frequency of (or situation requiring) logging for each identified event type];
  • d. Provide a rationale for why the event types selected for logging are deemed to be adequate to support after-the-fact investigations of incidents; and
  • e. Review and update the event types selected for logging [organization-defined frequency].

AU-2(1) – Compilation of Audit Records from Multiple Sources

AU-2(2) – Selection of Audit Events by Component

AU-2(3) – Reviews and Updates

AU-2(4) – Privileged Functions

AU-3 – Content of Audit Records#

Ensure that audit records contain information that establishes the following:

  • a. What type of event occurred;
  • b. When the event occurred;
  • c. Where the event occurred;
  • d. Source of the event;
  • e. Outcome of the event; and
  • f. Identity of any individuals, subjects, or objects/entities associated with the event.

AU-3(1) – Additional Audit Information

Generate audit records containing the following additional information: [organization-defined additional information].

AU-3(2) – Centralized Management of Planned Audit Record Content

AU-3(3) – Limit Personally Identifiable Information Elements

Limit personally identifiable information contained in audit records to the following elements identified in the privacy risk assessment: [organization-defined elements].

AU-4 – Audit Log Storage Capacity#

Allocate audit log storage capacity to accommodate [organization-defined audit log retention requirements].

AU-4(1) – Transfer to Alternate Storage

Transfer audit logs [organization-defined frequency] to a different system, system component, or media other than the system or system component conducting the logging.

AU-5 – Response to Audit Logging Process Failures#

  • a. Alert [organization-defined personnel or roles] within [organization-defined time period] in the event of an audit logging process failure; and
  • b. Take the following additional actions: [organization-defined additional actions].

AU-5(1) – Storage Capacity Warning

Provide a warning to [organization-defined personnel, roles, and/or locations] within [organization-defined time period] when allocated audit log storage volume reaches [organization-defined percentage] of repository maximum audit log storage capacity.

AU-5(2) – Real-time Alerts

Provide an alert within [organization-defined real-time period] to [organization-defined personnel, roles, and/or locations] when the following audit failure events occur: [organization-defined audit logging failure events requiring real-time alerts].

AU-5(3) – Configurable Traffic Volume Thresholds

Enforce configurable network communications traffic volume thresholds reflecting limits on audit log storage capacity and [reject or delay] network traffic above those thresholds.

AU-5(4) – Shutdown on Failure

Invoke a [full system shutdown or partial system shutdown or degraded operational mode with limited mission or business functionality available] in the event of [organization-defined audit logging failures] , unless an alternate audit logging capability exists.

AU-5(5) – Alternate Audit Logging Capability

Provide an alternate audit logging capability in the event of a failure in primary audit logging capability that implements [organization-defined alternate audit logging functionality].

AU-6 – Audit Record Review, Analysis, and Reporting#

  • a. Review and analyze system audit records [organization-defined frequency] for indications of [organization-defined inappropriate or unusual activity] and the potential impact of the inappropriate or unusual activity;
  • b. Report findings to [organization-defined personnel or roles] ; and
  • c. Adjust the level of audit record review, analysis, and reporting within the system when there is a change in risk based on law enforcement information, intelligence information, or other credible sources of information.

AU-6(1) – Automated Process Integration

Integrate audit record review, analysis, and reporting processes using [organization-defined automated mechanisms].

AU-6(2) – Automated Security Alerts

AU-6(3) – Correlate Audit Record Repositories

Analyze and correlate audit records across different repositories to gain organization-wide situational awareness.

AU-6(4) – Central Review and Analysis

Provide and implement the capability to centrally review and analyze audit records from multiple components within the system.

AU-6(5) – Integrated Analysis of Audit Records

Integrate analysis of audit records with analysis of [vulnerability scanning information or performance data or system monitoring information or [organization-defined data/information collected from other sources] ] to further enhance the ability to identify inappropriate or unusual activity.

AU-6(6) – Correlation with Physical Monitoring

Correlate information from audit records with information obtained from monitoring physical access to further enhance the ability to identify suspicious, inappropriate, unusual, or malevolent activity.

AU-6(7) – Permitted Actions

Specify the permitted actions for each [system process or role or user] associated with the review, analysis, and reporting of audit record information.

AU-6(8) – Full Text Analysis of Privileged Commands

Perform a full text analysis of logged privileged commands in a physically distinct component or subsystem of the system, or other system that is dedicated to that analysis.

AU-6(9) – Correlation with Information from Nontechnical Sources

Correlate information from nontechnical sources with audit record information to enhance organization-wide situational awareness.

AU-6(10) – Audit Level Adjustment

AU-7 – Audit Record Reduction and Report Generation#

Provide and implement an audit record reduction and report generation capability that:

  • a. Supports on-demand audit record review, analysis, and reporting requirements and after-the-fact investigations of incidents; and
  • b. Does not alter the original content or time ordering of audit records.

AU-7(1) – Automatic Processing

Provide and implement the capability to process, sort, and search audit records for events of interest based on the following content: [organization-defined fields within audit records].

AU-7(2) – Automatic Sort and Search

AU-8 – Time Stamps#

  • a. Use internal system clocks to generate time stamps for audit records; and
  • b. Record time stamps for audit records that meet [organization-defined granularity of time measurement] and that use Coordinated Universal Time, have a fixed local time offset from Coordinated Universal Time, or that include the local time offset as part of the time stamp.

AU-8(1) – Synchronization with Authoritative Time Source

AU-8(2) – Secondary Authoritative Time Source

AU-9 – Protection of Audit Information#

  • a. Protect audit information and audit logging tools from unauthorized access, modification, and deletion; and
  • b. Alert [organization-defined personnel or roles] upon detection of unauthorized access, modification, or deletion of audit information.

AU-9(1) – Hardware Write-once Media

Write audit trails to hardware-enforced, write-once media.

AU-9(2) – Store on Separate Physical Systems or Components

Store audit records [organization-defined frequency] in a repository that is part of a physically different system or system component than the system or component being audited.

AU-9(3) – Cryptographic Protection

Implement cryptographic mechanisms to protect the integrity of audit information and audit tools.

AU-9(4) – Access by Subset of Privileged Users

Authorize access to management of audit logging functionality to only [organization-defined subset of privileged users or roles].

AU-9(5) – Dual Authorization

Enforce dual authorization for [movement or deletion] of [organization-defined audit information].

AU-9(6) – Read-only Access

Authorize read-only access to audit information to [organization-defined subset of privileged users or roles].

AU-9(7) – Store on Component with Different Operating System

Store audit information on a component running a different operating system than the system or component being audited.

AU-10 – Non-repudiation#

Provide irrefutable evidence that an individual (or process acting on behalf of an individual) has performed [organization-defined actions].

AU-10(1) – Association of Identities

  • (a) Bind the identity of the information producer with the information to [organization-defined strength of binding] ; and
  • (b) Provide the means for authorized individuals to determine the identity of the producer of the information.

AU-10(2) – Validate Binding of Information Producer Identity

  • (a) Validate the binding of the information producer identity to the information at [organization-defined frequency] ; and
  • (b) Perform [organization-defined actions] in the event of a validation error.

AU-10(3) – Chain of Custody

Maintain reviewer or releaser credentials within the established chain of custody for information reviewed or released.

AU-10(4) – Validate Binding of Information Reviewer Identity

  • (a) Validate the binding of the information reviewer identity to the information at the transfer or release points prior to release or transfer between [organization-defined security domains] ; and
  • (b) Perform [organization-defined actions] in the event of a validation error.

AU-10(5) – Digital Signatures

AU-11 – Audit Record Retention#

Retain audit records for [organization-defined time period] to provide support for after-the-fact investigations of incidents and to meet regulatory and organizational information retention requirements.

AU-11(1) – Long-term Retrieval Capability

Employ [organization-defined measures] to ensure that long-term audit records generated by the system can be retrieved.

AU-12 – Audit Record Generation#

  • a. Provide audit record generation capability for the event types the system is capable of auditing as defined in AU-2a on [organization-defined system components];
  • b. Allow [organization-defined personnel or roles] to select the event types that are to be logged by specific components of the system; and
  • c. Generate audit records for the event types defined in AU-2c that include the audit record content defined in AU-3.

AU-12(1) – System-wide and Time-correlated Audit Trail

Compile audit records from [organization-defined system components] into a system-wide (logical or physical) audit trail that is time-correlated to within [organization-defined level of tolerance].

AU-12(2) – Standardized Formats

Produce a system-wide (logical or physical) audit trail composed of audit records in a standardized format.

AU-12(3) – Changes by Authorized Individuals

Provide and implement the capability for [organization-defined individuals or roles] to change the logging to be performed on [organization-defined system components] based on [organization-defined selectable event criteria] within [organization-defined time thresholds].

AU-12(4) – Query Parameter Audits of Personally Identifiable Information

Provide and implement the capability for auditing the parameters of user query events for data sets containing personally identifiable information.

AU-13 – Monitoring for Information Disclosure#

  • a. Monitor [organization-defined open-source information and/or information sites][organization-defined frequency] for evidence of unauthorized disclosure of organizational information; and
  • b. If an information disclosure is discovered:
      1. Notify [organization-defined personnel or roles] ; and
      1. Take the following additional actions: [organization-defined additional actions].

AU-13(1) – Use of Automated Tools

Monitor open-source information and information sites using [organization-defined automated mechanisms].

AU-13(2) – Review of Monitored Sites

Review the list of open-source information sites being monitored [organization-defined frequency].

AU-13(3) – Unauthorized Replication of Information

Employ discovery techniques, processes, and tools to determine if external entities are replicating organizational information in an unauthorized manner.

AU-14 – Session Audit#

  • a. Provide and implement the capability for [organization-defined users or roles] to [record or view or hear or log] the content of a user session under [organization-defined circumstances] ; and
  • b. Develop, integrate, and use session auditing activities in consultation with legal counsel and in accordance with applicable laws, executive orders, directives, regulations, policies, standards, and guidelines.

AU-14(1) – System Start-up

Initiate session audits automatically at system start-up.

AU-14(2) – Capture and Record Content

AU-14(3) – Remote Viewing and Listening

Provide and implement the capability for authorized users to remotely view and hear content related to an established user session in real time.

AU-15 – Alternate Audit Logging Capability#

AU-16 – Cross-organizational Audit Logging#

Employ [organization-defined methods] for coordinating [organization-defined audit information] among external organizations when audit information is transmitted across organizational boundaries.

AU-16(1) – Identity Preservation

Preserve the identity of individuals in cross-organizational audit trails.

AU-16(2) – Sharing of Audit Information

Provide cross-organizational audit information to [organization-defined organizations] based on [organization-defined cross-organizational sharing agreements].

AU-16(3) – Disassociability

Implement [organization-defined measures] to disassociate individuals from audit information transmitted across organizational boundaries.

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