AC-17(01) Monitoring and Control

Employ automated mechanisms to monitor and control remote access methods.

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Guidance

Monitoring and control of remote access methods allows organizations to detect attacks and help ensure compliance with remote access policies by auditing the connection activities of remote users on a variety of system components, including servers, notebook computers, workstations, smart phones, and tablets. Audit logging for remote access is enforced by AU-2 . Audit events are defined in [AU-2a](#au-2_smt.a).

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