NIST-AU-5(5) Alternate Audit Logging Capability

Provide an alternate audit logging capability in the event of a failure in primary audit logging capability that implements [Assignment: alternate audit logging functionality].

Since an alternate audit logging capability may be a short-term protection solution employed until the failure in the primary audit logging capability is corrected, organizations may determine that the alternate audit logging capability need only provide a subset of the primary audit logging functionality that is impacted by the failure.