id: "AC-17(01)" title: "Monitoring and Control" family: "AC" family_name: "Access Control" sort_id: "ac-17.01" priority: "P1" implementation_level: "system" parent: "AC-17" enhancement: True


Statement

Employ automated mechanisms to monitor and control remote access methods.

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.

Assessment Objective: automated mechanisms are employed to monitor remote access methods;

Assessment Objective: automated mechanisms are employed to control remote access methods.

Access control policy

procedures addressing remote access to the system

system design documentation

system configuration settings and associated documentation

system audit records

system monitoring records

system security plan

other relevant documents or records

System/network administrators

organizational personnel with information security responsibilities

system developers

Automated mechanisms monitoring and controlling remote access methods