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

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 NIST800-AU-11: AU-11 Audit Record Retention

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

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What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 51 controls across 26 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

CIS Controls v8 · 4 controls

  • CIS-3.4 Enforce Data Retention
  • CIS-8.1 Establish and Maintain an Audit Log Management Process
  • CIS-8.10 Retain Audit Logs
  • CIS-8.9 Centralize Audit Logs

PCI DSS 4.0 · 4 controls

  • 10.3.3 10.3.3 Audit logs promptly backed up to central secure storage
  • 10.5.1 10.5.1 Keep logs 12 months, latest three months online
  • 12.4.1 12.4.1 Executive responsibility for a PCI DSS compliance program
  • 5.3.4 5.3.4 Anti-malware audit logs enabled and retained

Azure Security Benchmark · 3 controls

  • ASBv3-IR-7 Post-incident activity - conduct lesson learned and retain evidence
  • ASBv3-LT-6 Configure log storage retention
  • LT-3 Enable logging for security investigation

C5 (Germany) · 3 controls

  • C5-OPS-11 Logging and Monitoring - Metadata Management Concept
  • C5-OPS-12 Logging and Monitoring - Access, Storage and Deletion
  • C5-OPS-14 Logging and Monitoring - Storage of the Logging Data

EU AI Act · 3 controls

ISO 27001:2022 · 3 controls

  • 5.28 Collection of evidence
  • 5.33 Protection of records
  • 8.15 Logging

ISO 27701:2019 · 3 controls

  • 7.2.8 Records related to processing PII
  • 7.4.7 Retention
  • 8.2.6 Records related to processing PII

CMMC 2.0 · 2 controls

Cloud Security Alliance Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) v4.0.1 · 2 controls

FedRAMP High · 2 controls

  • AU-11 Audit Record Retention
  • SA-1 Policy and Procedures

FedRAMP Moderate · 2 controls

  • AU-11 Audit Record Retention
  • SA-1 Policy and Procedures

HIPAA Security Rule · 2 controls

ISO 27002:2022 · 2 controls

  • 5.28 Collection of evidence
  • 5.33 Protection of records

NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 · 2 controls

  • 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 800-171 Rev 3 · 2 controls

SOC 2 · 2 controls

  • SOC2-P4.2 P4.2 Retaining personal information
  • SOC2-P6.3 P6.3 Record of unauthorised disclosures and breaches

ACSC Essential Eight · 1 control

  • E8-ADMIN-ML2 Restrict Administrative Privileges (ML2)

ASD Strategies to Mitigate Cyber Security Incidents · 1 control

  • ASD37-33 Capture network traffic (Limited)

Australia My Health Records Act 2012 · 1 control

  • MYHR-SBD-3 Record keeping for sharing with the My Health Record system

CIRCIA (Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act) · 1 control

ISO/IEC 42001:2023 · 1 control

  • 7.5 Documented information

NIST SP 800-187 · 1 control

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 HIGH · 1 control

  • AU-11 AU-11 Audit Record Retention

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 LOW · 1 control

  • AU-11 AU-11 Audit Record Retention

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 MODERATE · 1 control

  • AU-11 AU-11 Audit Record Retention

NIST SP 800-66 Rev 2 · 1 control

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You are reading one control. How much of NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 have you already done?

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 NIST800-AU-11 is one control. If you already hold one of the frameworks below, a reviewed crosswalk already says how much of NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 your existing evidence covers. Hold ISO 27001:2022 and 163 of 1014 NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 controls already carry evidence.

If you hold ISO 27001:202216.1% covered · 851 gapsIf you hold ISO 27002:202210.8% covered · 904 gapsIf you hold Cloud Security Alliance Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) v4.0.110.2% covered · 911 gapsIf you hold CIS Controls v810.1% covered · 912 gapsIf you hold NIST SP 800-171 Rev 310.1% covered · 912 gapsIf you hold C5 (Germany)9.6% covered · 917 gaps

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