AU-05 Response to Audit Logging Process Failures
a. Alert au-05_odp.01 within au-05_odp.02 in the event of an audit logging process failure; and
b. Take the following additional actions: au-05_odp.03.
| Parameter ID | Definition |
|---|---|
| au-05_odp.01 | personnel or roles |
| au-05_odp.02 | time period |
| au-05_odp.03 | additional actions |
Baselines
- L
- M
- H
- P
Guidance
Audit logging process failures include software and hardware errors, failures in audit log capturing mechanisms, and reaching or exceeding audit log storage capacity. Organization-defined actions include overwriting oldest audit records, shutting down the system, and stopping the generation of audit records. Organizations may choose to define additional actions for audit logging process failures based on the type of failure, the location of the failure, the severity of the failure, or a combination of such factors. When the audit logging process failure is related to storage, the response is carried out for the audit log storage repository (i.e., the distinct system component where the audit logs are stored), the system on which the audit logs reside, the total audit log storage capacity of the organization (i.e., all audit log storage repositories combined), or all three. Organizations may decide to take no additional actions after alerting designated roles or personnel.
Control Enhancements 5
- AU-05(01) Storage Capacity Warning L M H P
- AU-05(02) Real-time Alerts L M H P
- AU-05(03) Configurable Traffic Volume Thresholds L M H P
- AU-05(04) Shutdown on Failure L M H P
- AU-05(05) Alternate Audit Logging Capability L M H P
Related controls 9
- AU-02 Event Logging L M H P
- AU-04 Audit Log Storage Capacity L M H P
- AU-07 Audit Record Reduction and Report Generation L M H P
- AU-09 Protection of Audit Information L M H P
- AU-11 Audit Record Retention L M H P
- AU-12 Audit Record Generation L M H P
- AU-14 Session Audit L M H P
- SI-04 System Monitoring L M H P
- SI-12 Information Management and Retention L M H P