NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3
03.03 AU (Audit and Accountability)

NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 03.03.03: Audit Record Generation

Generate audit records for selected event types; retain in accordance with retention requirements.

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

What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 34 controls across 21 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

HIPAA Security Rule · 3 controls

ACSC Essential Eight · 2 controls

  • E8-APP-ML2 Application Control (ML2)
  • E8-UAH-ML3 User Application Hardening - Maturity Level 3
  • SEC04-BP01 Configure service and application logging
  • SEC04-BP02 Capture logs, findings, and metrics in standardized locations
  • ASBv3-LT-6 Configure log storage retention
  • LT-3 Enable logging for security investigation

C5 (Germany) · 2 controls

  • C5-OPS-10 Logging and Monitoring - Concept
  • C5-OPS-14 Logging and Monitoring - Storage of the Logging Data

CIS Controls v8 · 2 controls

FedRAMP High · 2 controls

  • AU-11 Audit Record Retention
  • AU-12 Audit Record Generation

FedRAMP Moderate · 2 controls

  • AU-11 Audit Record Retention
  • AU-12 Audit Record Generation
  • 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 SP 800-53 Rev 5 · 2 controls

NIST SP 800-66 Rev 2 · 2 controls

PCI DSS 4.0 · 2 controls

  • 10.2.1 10.2.1 Audit logging enabled on all system components
  • 10.5.1 10.5.1 Keep logs 12 months, latest three months online
  • ANSSI-HYG-36 Enable and Configure Logging on the Most Important Components
  • ASD37-33 Capture network traffic (Limited)
  • AUCDR-IS-1 Limit risk of unauthorised access to the CDR data environment

CMMC 2.0 · 1 control

ISO 27001:2022 · 1 control

ISO 27002:2022 · 1 control

SOC 2 · 1 control

  • SOC2-CC7.2 CC7.2 Monitoring system components for anomalies

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 03.03 AU (Audit and Accountability)

You are reading one control. How much of NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 have you already done?

NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 03.03.03 is one control. If you already hold one of the frameworks below, a reviewed crosswalk already says how much of NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 your existing evidence covers. Hold PCI DSS 4.0 and 69 of 97 NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 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. 0 were rejected on the PCI DSS 4.0 pair alone.

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