FedRAMP High
AU - Audit and Accountability

FedRAMP High AU-9(4): Access by Subset of Privileged Users

Authorize access to audit functionality only to subset of privileged users.

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

What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 20 controls across 13 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

ISO 27002:2022 · 3 controls

  • 8.15 Logging
  • 8.2 Privileged access rights
  • 8.3 Information access restriction

SOC 2 · 3 controls

  • SOC2-CC6.2 Prior to granting access, registration and authorization processes are established
  • SOC2-CC6.3 Role-based access and least privilege are enforced
  • SOC2-CC7.1 Detection and monitoring procedures for security events are in place

C5 (Germany) · 2 controls

  • C5-OPS-12 Logging and Monitoring - Access, Storage and Deletion
  • C5-OPS-16 Logging and Monitoring - Configuration

ISO 27001:2022 · 2 controls

  • 8.18 Use of privileged utility programs
  • 8.2 Privileged access rights

PCI DSS 4.0 · 2 controls

  • 10.2.1.3 Log access to audit logs
  • 10.3.1 Read access to logs restricted

CIS Controls v8 · 1 control

  • CIS-5.4 Restrict Administrator Privileges to Dedicated Administrator Accounts

CMMC 2.0 · 1 control

  • NIST-CSF-RS.AN-07 Incident data and metadata are collected, and their integrity and provenance are preserved
  • 03.03.08 Protection of Audit Information

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 AU - Audit and Accountability

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

FedRAMP High AU-9(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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