id: "SI-04(02)" title: "Automated Tools and Mechanisms for Real-time Analysis" family: "SI" family_name: "System and Information Integrity" sort_id: "si-04.02" priority: "P1" implementation_level: "system" parent: "SI-04" enhancement: True


Statement

Employ automated tools and mechanisms to support near real-time analysis of events.

Guidance

Automated tools and mechanisms include host-based, network-based, transport-based, or storage-based event monitoring tools and mechanisms or security information and event management (SIEM) technologies that provide real-time analysis of alerts and notifications generated by organizational systems. Automated monitoring techniques can create unintended privacy risks because automated controls may connect to external or otherwise unrelated systems. The matching of records between these systems may create linkages with unintended consequences. Organizations assess and document these risks in their privacy impact assessment and make determinations that are in alignment with their privacy program plan.

Assessment Objective

automated tools and mechanisms are employed to support a near real-time analysis of events.

System and information integrity policy

system and information integrity procedures

procedures addressing system monitoring tools and techniques

system design documentation

system monitoring tools and techniques documentation

system configuration settings and associated documentation

system audit records

system security plan

privacy plan

privacy program plan

privacy impact assessment

privacy risk management documentation

other relevant documents or records

System/network administrators

organizational personnel with information security and privacy responsibilities

organizational personnel installing, configuring, and/or maintaining the system

organizational personnel responsible for monitoring the system

organizational personnel responsible for incident response/management

Organizational processes for the near real-time analysis of events

organizational processes for system monitoring

mechanisms supporting and/or implementing system monitoring

mechanisms/tools supporting and/or implementing an analysis of events