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

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 NIST800-AU-5: AU-5 Response to Audit Logging Process Failures

a. Alert [Assignment: organization-defined personnel or roles] within [Assignment: organization-defined time period] in the event of an audit logging process failure; and b. Take the following additional actions: [Assignment: organization-defined additional actions].

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What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 23 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.

CIS Controls v8 · 4 controls

  • CIS-13.1 Centralize Security Event Alerting
  • CIS-8.1 Establish and Maintain an Audit Log Management Process
  • CIS-8.2 Collect Audit Logs
  • CIS-8.9 Centralize Audit Logs

PCI DSS 4.0 · 3 controls

  • 10.2.1.6 10.2.1.6 Logs capture initialization and stopping of audit logs
  • 10.7.1 10.7.1 Service providers detect critical control failures (superseded)
  • 10.7.2 10.7.2 Detect and alert on critical security control failures

ISO 27001:2022 · 2 controls

  • 5.26 Response to information security incidents
  • 8.15 Logging

ISO 27002:2022 · 2 controls

  • 5.26 Response to information security incidents
  • 8.15 Logging

SOC 2 · 2 controls

  • SOC2-CC7.1 CC7.1 Detecting configuration changes and new vulnerabilities
  • SOC2-CC7.4 CC7.4 Responding to security incidents

C5 (Germany) · 1 control

  • C5-OPS-17 Logging and Monitoring - Availability of the Monitoring Software

CMMC 2.0 · 1 control

FedRAMP High · 1 control

  • AU-5 Response to Audit Logging Process Failures

FedRAMP Moderate · 1 control

  • AU-5 Response to Audit Logging Process Failures
  • NIST-CSF-PR.PS-04 Log records are generated and made available for continuous monitoring
  • 03.03.04 Response to Audit Logging Process Failures
  • AU-5 AU-5 Response to Audit Logging Process Failures
  • AU-5 AU-5 Response to Audit Logging Process Failures
  • AU-5 AU-5 Response to Audit Logging Process Failures

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.

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