id: "AU-05(02)" title: "Real-time Alerts" family: "AU" family_name: "Audit and Accountability" sort_id: "au-05.02" priority: "P2" implementation_level: "system" parent: "AU-05" enhancement: True


Statement

Provide an alert within {{ insert: param, au-05.02_odp.01 }} to {{ insert: param, au-05.02_odp.02 }} when the following audit failure events occur: {{ insert: param, au-05.02_odp.03 }}.

Guidance

Alerts provide organizations with urgent messages. Real-time alerts provide these messages at information technology speed (i.e., the time from event detection to alert occurs in seconds or less).

Assessment Objective

an alert is provided within {{ insert: param, au-05.02_odp.01 }} to {{ insert: param, au-05.02_odp.02 }} when {{ insert: param, au-05.02_odp.03 }} occur.

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

system audit records

other relevant documents or records

Organizational personnel with audit and accountability responsibilities

organizational personnel with information security and privacy responsibilities

system/network administrators

system developers