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id: "AU-16(03)" title: "Disassociability" family: "AU" family_name: "Audit and Accountability" sort_id: "au-16.03" priority: "P2" implementation_level: "organization" parent: "AU-16" enhancement: True

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Statement

Implement {{ insert: param, au-16.03_odp }} to disassociate individuals from audit information transmitted across organizational boundaries.

Guidance

Preserving identities in audit trails could have privacy ramifications, such as enabling the tracking and profiling of individuals, but may not be operationally necessary. These risks could be further amplified when transmitting information across organizational boundaries. Implementing privacy-enhancing cryptographic techniques can disassociate individuals from audit information and reduce privacy risk while maintaining accountability.

Assessment Objective

{{ insert: param, au-16.03_odp }} are implemented to disassociate individuals from audit information transmitted across organizational boundaries.

Audit and accountability policy

system security plan

privacy plan

procedures addressing cross-organizational sharing of audit information

policy and/or procedures regarding the deidentification of PII

system design documentation

system configuration settings and associated documentation

system audit records

other relevant documents or records

Organizational personnel with responsibilities for sharing cross-organizational audit information

organizational personnel with information security and privacy responsibilities

Mechanisms implementing disassociability