id: "AU-16" title: "Cross-organizational Audit Logging" family: "AU" family_name: "Audit and Accountability" sort_id: "au-16" priority: "P2" implementation_level: "organization" enhancements: - au-16.1 - au-16.2 - au-16.3
Statement
Employ {{ insert: param, au-16_odp.01 }} for coordinating {{ insert: param, au-16_odp.02 }} among external organizations when audit information is transmitted across organizational boundaries.
Guidance
When organizations use systems or services of external organizations, the audit logging capability necessitates a coordinated, cross-organization approach. For example, maintaining the identity of individuals who request specific services across organizational boundaries may often be difficult, and doing so may prove to have significant performance and privacy ramifications. Therefore, it is often the case that cross-organizational audit logging simply captures the identity of individuals who issue requests at the initial system, and subsequent systems record that the requests originated from authorized individuals. Organizations consider including processes for coordinating audit information requirements and protection of audit information in information exchange agreements.
Assessment Objective
{{ insert: param, au-16_odp.01 }} for coordinating {{ insert: param, au-16_odp.02 }} among external organizations when audit information is transmitted across organizational boundaries are employed.
Audit and accountability policy
system security plan
privacy plan
procedures addressing methods for coordinating audit information among external organizations
system design documentation
system configuration settings and associated documentation
system audit records
other relevant documents or records
Organizational personnel with responsibilities for coordinating audit information among external organizations
organizational personnel with information security and privacy responsibilities
Mechanisms implementing cross-organizational auditing