CCI-000140

Take organization-defined actions upon audit failure include, shutting down the system, overwriting oldest audit records, and stopping the generation of audit records.

Implementation Guidance

Determine if [AU-05_ODP[03]; additional actions to be taken in the event of an audit logging process failure are defined] are taken in the event of an audit logging process failure.

Validation Procedures

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; list of personnel to be notified in case of an audit processing failure; 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]. Test: [SELECT FROM: Mechanisms implementing system response to audit processing failures].

The controls below (if any) were marked by NIST as being related to CCI-000140.