FedRAMP Moderate
AU - Audit and Accountability

FedRAMP Moderate 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 22 controls across 15 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 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

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 10.2.1.3 Access to the audit logs is itself logged
  • 10.3.1 10.3.1 Audit log read access limited to job need

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
  • AU-9(4) AU-9(4) Protection of Audit Information | Access by Subset of Privileged Users
  • AU-9(4) AU-9(4) Protection of Audit Information | Access by Subset of Privileged Users

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 Moderate have you already done?

FedRAMP Moderate AU-9(4) is one control. If you already hold one of the frameworks below, a reviewed crosswalk already says how much of FedRAMP Moderate your existing evidence covers. Hold ISO 27002:2022 and 182 of 323 FedRAMP Moderate 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. 348 were rejected on the ISO 27002:2022 pair alone.

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