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💼 AU-3 Content of Audit Records

  • Contextual name: 💼 AU-3 Content of Audit Records
  • ID: /frameworks/nist-sp-800-53-r5/au/03
  • Located in: 💼 AU Audit And Accountability

Description​

Ensure that audit records contain information that establishes the following: a. What type of event occurred; b. When the event occurred; c. Where the event occurred; d. Source of the event; e. Outcome of the event; and f. Identity of any individuals, subjects, or objects/entities associated with the event.

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  • Sections
    • /frameworks/aws-fsbp-v1.0.0/api-gateway/01
    • /frameworks/aws-fsbp-v1.0.0/api-gateway/09
    • /frameworks/aws-fsbp-v1.0.0/cloudfront/05
    • /frameworks/aws-fsbp-v1.0.0/cloudtrail/01
    • /frameworks/aws-fsbp-v1.0.0/cloudtrail/05
    • /frameworks/aws-fsbp-v1.0.0/codebuild/04
    • /frameworks/aws-fsbp-v1.0.0/data-firehouse/01
    • /frameworks/aws-fsbp-v1.0.0/dms/07
    • /frameworks/aws-fsbp-v1.0.0/dms/08
    • /frameworks/aws-fsbp-v1.0.0/documentdb/04
    • /frameworks/aws-fsbp-v1.0.0/ec2/06
    • /frameworks/aws-fsbp-v1.0.0/ec2/51
    • /frameworks/aws-fsbp-v1.0.0/ecs/09
    • /frameworks/aws-fsbp-v1.0.0/eks/08
    • /frameworks/aws-fsbp-v1.0.0/elb/05
    • /frameworks/aws-fsbp-v1.0.0/es/04
    • /frameworks/aws-fsbp-v1.0.0/es/05
    • /frameworks/aws-fsbp-v1.0.0/mq/02
    • /frameworks/aws-fsbp-v1.0.0/neptune/02
    • /frameworks/aws-fsbp-v1.0.0/network-firewall/02
    • /frameworks/aws-fsbp-v1.0.0/opensearch/04
    • /frameworks/aws-fsbp-v1.0.0/opensearch/05
    • /frameworks/aws-fsbp-v1.0.0/route-53/02
    • /frameworks/aws-fsbp-v1.0.0/rds/09
    • /frameworks/aws-fsbp-v1.0.0/rds/34
    • /frameworks/aws-fsbp-v1.0.0/rds/40
    • /frameworks/aws-fsbp-v1.0.0/redshift/04
    • /frameworks/aws-fsbp-v1.0.0/s3/09
    • /frameworks/aws-fsbp-v1.0.0/transfer-family/03
    • /frameworks/aws-fsbp-v1.0.0/waf/01
    • /frameworks/aws-fsbp-v1.0.0/waf/12
  • Internal
    • ID: dec-c-087be8a6

Similar Sections (Take Policies From)​

SectionSub SectionsInternal RulesPoliciesFlags
💼 AWS Foundational Security Best Practices v1.0.0 → 💼 [APIGateway.1] API Gateway REST and WebSocket API execution logging should be enabled11
💼 AWS Foundational Security Best Practices v1.0.0 → 💼 [APIGateway.9] Access logging should be configured for API Gateway V2 Stages11
💼 AWS Foundational Security Best Practices v1.0.0 → 💼 [CloudFront.5] CloudFront distributions should have logging enabled11
💼 AWS Foundational Security Best Practices v1.0.0 → 💼 [CloudTrail.1] CloudTrail should be enabled and configured with at least one multi-Region trail that includes read and write management events11
💼 AWS Foundational Security Best Practices v1.0.0 → 💼 [CloudTrail.5] CloudTrail trails should be integrated with Amazon CloudWatch Logs
💼 AWS Foundational Security Best Practices v1.0.0 → 💼 [CodeBuild.4] CodeBuild project environments should have a logging AWS Configuration
💼 AWS Foundational Security Best Practices v1.0.0 → 💼 [DataFirehose.1] Firehose delivery streams should be encrypted at rest
💼 AWS Foundational Security Best Practices v1.0.0 → 💼 [DMS.7] DMS replication tasks for the target database should have logging enabled1
💼 AWS Foundational Security Best Practices v1.0.0 → 💼 [DMS.8] DMS replication tasks for the source database should have logging enabled1
💼 AWS Foundational Security Best Practices v1.0.0 → 💼 [DocumentDB.4] Amazon DocumentDB clusters should publish audit logs to CloudWatch Logs
💼 AWS Foundational Security Best Practices v1.0.0 → 💼 [EC2.6] VPC flow logging should be enabled in all VPCs11
💼 AWS Foundational Security Best Practices v1.0.0 → 💼 [EC2.51] EC2 Client VPN endpoints should have client connection logging enabled
💼 AWS Foundational Security Best Practices v1.0.0 → 💼 [ECS.9] ECS task definitions should have a logging configuration
💼 AWS Foundational Security Best Practices v1.0.0 → 💼 [EKS.8] EKS clusters should have audit logging enabled
💼 AWS Foundational Security Best Practices v1.0.0 → 💼 [ELB.5] Application and Classic Load Balancers logging should be enabled
💼 AWS Foundational Security Best Practices v1.0.0 → 💼 [ES.4] Elasticsearch domain error logging to CloudWatch Logs should be enabled
💼 AWS Foundational Security Best Practices v1.0.0 → 💼 [ES.5] Elasticsearch domains should have audit logging enabled
💼 AWS Foundational Security Best Practices v1.0.0 → 💼 [MQ.2] ActiveMQ brokers should stream audit logs to CloudWatch
💼 AWS Foundational Security Best Practices v1.0.0 → 💼 [Neptune.2] Neptune DB clusters should publish audit logs to CloudWatch Logs
💼 AWS Foundational Security Best Practices v1.0.0 → 💼 [NetworkFirewall.2] Network Firewall logging should be enabled
💼 AWS Foundational Security Best Practices v1.0.0 → 💼 [Opensearch.4] OpenSearch domain error logging to CloudWatch Logs should be enabled
💼 AWS Foundational Security Best Practices v1.0.0 → 💼 [Opensearch.5] OpenSearch domains should have audit logging enabled
💼 AWS Foundational Security Best Practices v1.0.0 → 💼 [RDS.9] RDS DB instances should publish logs to CloudWatch Logs
💼 AWS Foundational Security Best Practices v1.0.0 → 💼 [RDS.34] Aurora MySQL DB clusters should publish audit logs to CloudWatch Logs
💼 AWS Foundational Security Best Practices v1.0.0 → 💼 [RDS.40] RDS for SQL Server DB instances should publish logs to CloudWatch Logs
💼 AWS Foundational Security Best Practices v1.0.0 → 💼 [Redshift.4] Amazon Redshift clusters should have audit logging enabled
💼 AWS Foundational Security Best Practices v1.0.0 → 💼 [Route53.2] Route 53 public hosted zones should log DNS queries
💼 AWS Foundational Security Best Practices v1.0.0 → 💼 [S3.9] S3 general purpose buckets should have server access logging enabled12
💼 AWS Foundational Security Best Practices v1.0.0 → 💼 [Transfer.3] Transfer Family connectors should have logging enabled
💼 AWS Foundational Security Best Practices v1.0.0 → 💼 [WAF.1] AWS WAF Classic Global Web ACL logging should be enabled
💼 AWS Foundational Security Best Practices v1.0.0 → 💼 [WAF.12] AWS WAF rules should have CloudWatch metrics enabled

Similar Sections (Give Policies To)​

SectionSub SectionsInternal RulesPoliciesFlags
💼 FedRAMP High Security Controls → 💼 AU-3 Content of Audit Records (L)(M)(H)128
💼 FedRAMP Low Security Controls → 💼 AU-3 Content of Audit Records (L)(M)(H)14

Sub Sections​

SectionSub SectionsInternal RulesPoliciesFlags
💼 AU-3(1) Content of Audit Records _ Additional Audit Information1314
💼 AU-3(2) Content of Audit Records _ Centralized Management of Planned Audit Record Content
💼 AU-3(3) Content of Audit Records _ Limit Personally Identifiable Information Elements

Policies (14)​

PolicyLogic CountFlags
📝 AWS Account Multi-Region CloudTrail is not enabled 🟢1🟢 x6
📝 AWS API Gateway API Access Logging in CloudWatch is not enabled 🟢1🟠 x1, 🟢 x5
📝 AWS API Gateway API Execution Logging in CloudWatch is not enabled 🟢1🟢 x6
📝 AWS CloudFront Distribution Logging is not enabled 🟢1🟢 x6
📝 AWS CloudTrail S3 Bucket Access Logging is not enabled. 🟢1🟢 x6
📝 AWS DMS Migration Task Logging is not enabled 🟢1🟢 x6
📝 AWS S3 Bucket Server Access Logging is not enabled 🟢1🟢 x6
📝 AWS VPC Flow Logs are not enabled 🟢1🟠 x1, 🟢 x5
📝 Google Cloud PostgreSQL Instance Log_error_verbosity Database Flag is not set to DEFAULT or stricter 🟢1🟢 x6
📝 Google Cloud PostgreSQL Instance Log_connections Database Flag is not set to On 🟢1🟢 x6
📝 Google Cloud PostgreSQL Instance Log_disconnections Database Flag is not set to On 🟢1🟢 x6
📝 Google Cloud PostgreSQL Instance Log_min_error_statement Database Flag is not set to Error or stricter 🟢1🟢 x6
📝 Google Cloud PostgreSQL Instance Log_min_messages Database Flag is not set at minimum to Warning 🟢1🟢 x6
📝 Google Cloud PostgreSQL Instance Log_statement Database Flag is not set appropriately 🟢1🟢 x6