NIST SP 800-171 Rev 2 · 3.3 Audit & Accountability
3.3.4 Alert on audit logging failure
Alert in the event of an audit logging process failure.
- SPRS weight
- 1
- 1 point deducted from 110 when not implemented.
- CMMC level
- L2
- Level 2 only; not among the 17 Level 1 practices.
- Assessment objectives
- 3
- From NIST SP 800-171A, each one a “determine if” an assessor answers.
What an assessor checks
NIST SP 800-171A breaks 3.3.4 into 3 objectives. Every one has to be met for the requirement to be met; a partial answer scores as not implemented.
- [a]Determine if personnel or roles to be alerted in the event of an audit logging process failure are identified.
- [b]Determine if types of audit logging process failures for which alert will be generated are defined.
- [c]Determine if identified personnel or roles are alerted in the event of an audit logging process failure.
- Examine
- [SELECT FROM: Audit and accountability policy; procedures addressing response to audit logging processing failures; system design documentation; security plan; system configuration settings and associated documentation; list of personnel to be notified in case of an audit logging processing failure; system incident reports; system audit logs and records; other relevant documents or records].
- Interview
- [SELECT FROM: Personnel with audit and accountability responsibilities; personnel with information security responsibilities; system or network administrators; system developers].
- Test
- [SELECT FROM: Mechanisms implementing system response to audit logging processing failures].
If it is open: POA&M eligibility
May be carried on a Level 2 POA&M · 1 point deducted
A 1-point requirement outside the six named exclusions - eligible to carry, and NOT MET until a closeout assessment confirms it.
A POA&M is only permitted at a score of 88 or above, and closes in one 180-day window. Check a full gap list or compute your score.
Where 3.3.4 maps
NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5
- AU-5 Response to Audit Processing Failures
NIST CSF 2.0
- Audit log failures are handled
SOC 2
- CC4 Monitoring Activities - Ongoing and separate evaluations
Query it from your own tools
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