ComplianceNIST 800-53 control

NIST-AU-3 Content of Audit Records

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Framework
NIST SP 800-53 rev5 (5.2.0)
Family
AU Audit and Accountability
Control
AU-3

Control statement

Ensure that audit records contain information that establishes the following: a. What type of event occurred; b. When the event occurred; c. Where the event occurred; d. Source of the event; e. Outcome of the event; and f. Identity of any individuals, subjects, or objects/entities associated with the event.

Discussion

Audit record content that may be necessary to support the auditing function includes event descriptions (item a), time stamps (item b), source and destination addresses (item c), user or process identifiers (items d and f), success or fail indications (item e), and filenames involved (items a, c, e, and f) . Event outcomes include indicators of event success or failure and event-specific results, such as the system security and privacy posture after the event occurred. Organizations consider how audit records can reveal information about individuals that may give rise to privacy risks and how best to mitigate such risks. For example, there is the potential to reveal personally identifiable information in the audit trail, especially if the trail records inputs or is based on patterns or time of usage.

Related

Related control · Compliance (9)

  • NIST-AU-12 Audit Record Generation NIST 800-53 control
  • NIST-AU-14 Session Audit NIST 800-53 control
  • NIST-AU-2 Event Logging NIST 800-53 control
  • NIST-AU-8 Time Stamps NIST 800-53 control
  • NIST-MA-4 Nonlocal Maintenance NIST 800-53 control
  • NIST-PL-9 Central Management NIST 800-53 control
  • NIST-SA-8 Security and Privacy Engineering Principles NIST 800-53 control
  • NIST-SI-11 Error Handling NIST 800-53 control
  • NIST-SI-7 Software, Firmware, and Information Integrity NIST 800-53 control

Referenced by Compliance · enhancement of (2)

  • NIST-AU-3(1) Additional Audit Information NIST 800-53 enhancement
  • NIST-AU-3(3) Limit Personally Identifiable Information Elements NIST 800-53 enhancement

Referenced by Compliance · has member (1)

  • NIST-AU Audit and Accountability NIST 800-53 family

Referenced by Compliance · related control (14)

  • NIST-AC-4(26) Audit Filtering Actions NIST 800-53 enhancement
  • NIST-AC-6(9) Log Use of Privileged Functions NIST 800-53 enhancement
  • NIST-AU-12 Audit Record Generation NIST 800-53 control
  • NIST-AU-14 Session Audit NIST 800-53 control
  • NIST-AU-16 Cross-organizational Audit Logging NIST 800-53 control
  • NIST-AU-2 Event Logging NIST 800-53 control
  • NIST-AU-6(8) Full Text Analysis of Privileged Commands NIST 800-53 enhancement
  • NIST-AU-7 Audit Record Reduction and Report Generation NIST 800-53 control
  • NIST-AU-8 Time Stamps NIST 800-53 control
  • NIST-MA-4 Nonlocal Maintenance NIST 800-53 control
  • NIST-SA-15(13) Logging Syntax NIST 800-53 enhancement
  • NIST-SA-8(22) Accountability and Traceability NIST 800-53 enhancement
  • NIST-SI-11 Error Handling NIST 800-53 control
  • NIST-SI-7(3) Centrally Managed Integrity Tools NIST 800-53 enhancement