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