FedRAMP High
AC - Access Control

FedRAMP High AC-2(4): Automated Audit Actions

Automatically audit account creation, modification, enabling, disabling, removal; notify defined personnel.

Maintained by Gerard BlokdykVerified against the published standard Control text last updated

What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 26 controls across 14 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

  • NIST-CSF-DE.CM-03 Personnel activity and technology usage are monitored to find potentially adverse events
  • NIST-CSF-PR.PS-04 Log records are generated and made available for continuous monitoring
  • NIST-CSF-RS.AN-07 Incident data and metadata are collected, and their integrity and provenance are preserved
  • NIST-CSF-RS.CO-02 Internal and external stakeholders are notified of incidents

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 · 4 controls

PCI DSS 4.0 · 4 controls

  • 10.2.1.5 10.2.1.5 Logs capture changes to identification and authentication credentials
  • 10.2.1.7 10.2.1.7 Logs capture creation and deletion of system-level objects
  • 10.4.1.1 10.4.1.1 Automated mechanisms used for audit log review
  • 8.2.4 8.2.4 User ID lifecycle changes authorized

SOC 2 · 4 controls

  • SOC2-CC6.2 CC6.2 Registering and authorising users before issuing credentials
  • SOC2-CC6.3 CC6.3 Role-based access, least privilege and segregation of duties
  • SOC2-CC7.1 CC7.1 Detecting configuration changes and new vulnerabilities
  • SOC2-CC7.2 CC7.2 Monitoring system components for anomalies
  • E8-ADMIN-ML2 Restrict Administrative Privileges (ML2)
  • SEC04-BP01 Configure service and application logging
  • LT-3 Enable logging for security investigation

CIS Controls v8 · 1 control

  • CIS-8.5 Collect Detailed Audit Logs

ISO 27001:2022 · 1 control

ISO 27701:2019 · 1 control

  • 6.6.2 User access management
  • AC-2(4) AC-2(4) Account Management | Automated Audit Actions
  • AC-2(4) AC-2(4) Account Management | Automated Audit Actions

Every mapping shown was judged rather than inferred from wording similarity, and the ones that failed review are published too. See the coverage reports and what was rejected.

Other controls in AC - Access Control

You are reading one control. How much of FedRAMP High have you already done?

FedRAMP High AC-2(4) is one control. If you already hold one of the frameworks below, a reviewed crosswalk already says how much of FedRAMP High your existing evidence covers. Hold C5 (Germany) and 119 of 410 FedRAMP High controls already carry evidence.

Each report names every control your existing framework evidences, every one it does not, the reasoning behind each claim, and the claims that were argued against and rejected. 6 were rejected on the C5 (Germany) pair alone.

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