AU-5(2)

Requirement

Provide an alert within [Assignment: organization-defined real-time period] to [Assignment: organization-defined personnel, roles, and/or locations] when the following audit failure events occur: [Assignment: organization-defined audit logging failure events requiring real-time alerts].

Discussion

Alerts provide organizations with urgent messages. Real-time alerts provide these messages at information technology speed (i.e., the time from event detection to alert occurs in seconds or less).

NIST 800-53A Assessment Guidance

Examine

[SELECT FROM: Audit and accountability policy; procedures addressing response to audit processing failures; system design documentation; system security plan; privacy plan; system configuration settings and associated documentation; system audit records; other relevant documents or records].

Interview

[SELECT FROM: Organizational personnel with audit and accountability responsibilities; organizational personnel with information security and privacy responsibilities; system/network administrators; system developers].

ID	Assessment Objectives
AU-05(02)	an alert is provided within <AU-05(02)_ODP[01] real-time period> to <AU-05(02)_ODP[02] personnel, roles, and/or locations> when <AU-05(02)_ODP[03] audit logging failure events requiring real-time alerts> occur.

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