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

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 NIST800-AU-9: AU-9 Protection of Audit Information

a. Protect audit information and audit logging tools from unauthorized access, modification, and deletion; and b. Alert [Assignment: organization-defined personnel or roles] upon detection of unauthorized access, modification, or deletion of audit information.

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What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 52 controls across 22 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

PCI DSS 4.0 · 7 controls

  • 1.2.8 1.2.8 NSC configuration files secured and consistent
  • 10.2.1.3 10.2.1.3 Access to the audit logs is itself logged
  • 10.2.1.6 10.2.1.6 Logs capture initialization and stopping of audit logs
  • 10.3.1 10.3.1 Audit log read access limited to job need
  • 10.3.2 10.3.2 Audit log files protected from modification
  • 10.3.4 10.3.4 File integrity monitoring on audit logs
  • 10.6.3 10.6.3 Time sync configuration and time data protected

CIS Controls v8 · 5 controls

ISO 27001:2022 · 4 controls

  • 5.28 Collection of evidence
  • 5.33 Protection of records
  • 8.15 Logging
  • 8.18 Use of privileged utility programs

SOC 2 · 4 controls

  • SOC2-CC6.1 CC6.1 Logical access security over protected information assets
  • SOC2-CC6.3 CC6.3 Role-based access, least privilege and segregation of duties
  • SOC2-CC6.7 CC6.7 Restricting and protecting information in transmission, movement and removal
  • SOC2-CC7.1 CC7.1 Detecting configuration changes and new vulnerabilities

C5 (Germany) · 3 controls

  • C5-OPS-12 Logging and Monitoring - Access, Storage and Deletion
  • C5-OPS-14 Logging and Monitoring - Storage of the Logging Data
  • C5-OPS-16 Logging and Monitoring - Configuration

ISO 27002:2022 · 3 controls

  • 5.28 Collection of evidence
  • 5.33 Protection of records
  • 8.15 Logging
  • NIST-CSF-PR.DS-01 The confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data-at-rest are protected
  • NIST-CSF-PR.DS-11 Backups of data are created, protected, maintained, and tested
  • NIST-CSF-RS.AN-07 Incident data and metadata are collected, and their integrity and provenance are preserved
  • SEC01-BP01 Separate workloads using accounts
  • SEC04-BP02 Capture logs, findings, and metrics in standardized locations

CMMC 2.0 · 2 controls

EU AI Act · 2 controls

FedRAMP High · 2 controls

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

FedRAMP Moderate · 2 controls

  • AU-9 Protection of Audit Information
  • AU-9(4) Access by Subset of Privileged Users
  • E8-ADMIN-ML2 Restrict Administrative Privileges (ML2)
  • LT-5 Centralize security log management and analysis

HIPAA Security Rule · 1 control

ISO 27701:2019 · 1 control

  • 6.9.4 Logging and monitoring
  • 03.03.08 Protection of Audit Information
  • AU-9 AU-9 Protection of Audit Information
  • AU-9 AU-9 Protection of Audit Information
  • AU-9 AU-9 Protection of Audit Information

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