CCI-000167

Retain audit records for an organization-defined time period to provide support for after-the-fact investigations of incidents and to meet regulatory and organizational information retention requirements.

Implementation Guidance

Determine if audit records are retained for [AU-11_ODP; a time period to retain audit records that is consistent with the records retention policy is defined] to provide support for after-the-fact investigations of incidents and to meet regulatory and Organizational information retention requirements.

Validation Procedures

Examine: [SELECT FROM: Audit and accountability policy; system security plan; privacy plan; audit record retention policy and procedures; security plan; organization-defined retention period for audit records; audit record archives; audit logs; audit records; other relevant documents or records]. Interview: [SELECT FROM: Organizational personnel with audit record retention responsibilities; organizational personnel with information security and privacy responsibilities; system/network administrators].

The controls below (if any) were marked by NIST as being related to CCI-000167.